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EXCLUSIVE: Tony Jordan, the celebrated British TV drama writer, has stepped down as executive chairman of Red Planet Pictures ...
Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any ...
On July 20, 1976, Viking 1’s lander touched down on Mars, achieving a successful soft landing on another planet. In the years ...
This Mars 2020 Rover "will carry seven carefully selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet," according to NASA.
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
At opposition, the Red Planet’s diameter will be 14.6 arcseconds, generally written as 14.6″. This isn’t much. For comparison, 1″ is the angle a dime subtends from a mile away.
Here’s the scientific story behind just what makes the red planet so red. Mars, along with its thin atmosphere, as photographed from the Viking orbiter in the 1970s. The ...
If aliens landed in Mars borough and demanded the perfect summer snack, Nick Salkeld would offer them Pennsylvania-grown ...
NASA is sifting through new clues that could yield insights about how ancient Mars went from a planet with surface water to the dry, Red Planet it is today.
Mars, the red planet, is this week more than three times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. It’s visible at dusk and shines all night, but you need to catch it soon ...