Posts Tagged ‘Mars’
‘Slope winds’ could have built Mars mound
PRINCETON / CALTECH (US) — New analysis suggests that a roughly 3.5-mile-high mound on Mars came from the planet’s dusty atmosphere, not a massive lake, report researchers. Continue…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - May 2, 2013 9:30 - 1 Comment
Meteorite ‘mosaic’ hints at life on Mars
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — To figure out if conditions on Mars were ever right for life, scientists have examined a meteorite that that formed there more than a billion years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2013 15:33 - 0 Comments
Volcanoes on early Mars likely kept it toasty
BROWN (US) —When giant volcanoes were active early in Mars’ history, the planet may have released enough methane to keep the planet significantly warmer than it is today. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2013 14:30 - 0 Comments
Can nuclear fusion get us to Mars?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — To get astronauts to Mars, scientists are working with nuclear fusion—the same energy that powers the sun and stars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2013 12:49 - 1 Comment
World’s saltiest pond hints at early Mars
BROWN (US) — Time-lapse photography of Antarctica’s Don Juan Pond, the most saline natural body of water on Earth, suggests that such ponds could be possible on Mars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 29, 2013 14:26 - 0 Comments
Crater ridges suggest water flowed on Mars
BROWN (US) — Ridges in impact craters on Mars may be fossils of cracks through which water once flowed, scientists report. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 21, 2013 11:17 - 0 Comments
Search for life on Mars goes underground
STONY BROOK (US) — Minerals from deep inside Mars offer the strongest evidence to date that the red planet could have supported life. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2013 16:43 - 0 Comments
Mars mission shows body’s sodium rhythms
VANDERBILT (US) — Sodium levels in the human body fluctuate rhythmically with seven-day and monthly cycles, a finding that contradicts the prevailing view. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 2, 2013 11:02 - 8 Comments
Travel to Mars could damage the brain
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The cosmic radiation that would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to places like Mars could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 21, 2012 16:00 - 0 Comments
Clay discovery alters history of water on Mars
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for a long time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought, according to a new study. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 22, 2012 9:18 - 0 Comments
Germs in space: Keeping astronauts healthy
BROWN (US) — On a long spaceflight, it could be easy for microbes to get out of control. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 28, 2012 11:14 - 3 Comments
Rover rolls where stream flowed on Mars
CALTECH (US) — NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently exploring the site where a stream flowed with force across the surface of Mars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 8, 2012 9:26 - 0 Comments
Mars camera snaps photo of dangling rover
U. ARIZONA (US) — While the rover Curiosity hurtled toward the ground at twice the speed of sound, another spacecraft snapped a photo of the rover dangling from its parachute. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 6, 2012 8:53 - 2 Comments
Parked on Mars: What’s next for Curiosity?
CALTECH (US) — The “seven minutes of terror” are over for the Mars rover, which touched down successfully on the red planet on Sunday night. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 3, 2012 17:18 - 1 Comment
Mars: What to expect on landing night
CALTECH (US) — NASA’s rover Curiosity is scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Planet on Sunday, August 5. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 31, 2012 14:28 - 9 Comments
Countdown to Curiosity’s 7 minutes of terror
CALTECH (US) — NASA’s rover Curiosity is expected to touch down on Mars at 10:31 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday, August 5. Here are some facts about the landing and mission. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 13, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
Clobbered Mars has more than 635,000 craters
U. COLORADO BOULDER (US) — Researchers recently finished counting and cataloging more than 635,000 violent impact craters on Mars. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 29, 2012 10:37 - 0 Comments
More evidence early Mars was a ‘watery world’
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Analysis of ancient volcanic eruptions offers more evidence early Mars was saturated with water and that its atmosphere was considerably thicker—at least 20 times more dense—than it is today. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 10, 2012 14:51 - 0 Comments
Dunes on the move reveal Mars in flux
CALTECH/JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — New technology has allowed scientists to take the first measurements of sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars. (more…)
