A study published in Icarus explores the possibility that Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed from asteroid debris torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. Researchers ran advanced ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has long captivated our imaginations. Its reddish hue, visible even with the naked eye, has inspired myths and legends for millennia. But what do we really ...
Scientists looking into the cause of mammoth dust storms that can sweep across nearly all of Mars think they’ve discovered a key factor behind these rollicking storms. The driving forces behind ...
Associate Tutor and PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars?
During an optimal alignment between Earth and Mars as the two planets orbit the sun, it's possible to travel there in a spacecraft in six to eight months. Some very interesting new engine designs ...
Specifically, they searched for periods of unusual warmth, when more sunlight filtered through Mars’ thin atmosphere to heat the planet’s surface. They discovered that roughly 68% of major ...
Here’s how it works. Every year the robots and satellites scientists have sent to Mars make discoveries that help us learn more about the Red Planet's past and take us a step closer to humanity ...
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