Tag: Mars

Mars Worms? New Rover Photo Reveals Tiny, Peculiar Rock Formation

Worms? Snakes? Aliens? This strange rock formation (captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover) proves just how fascinating Mars’ surface really is… NASA recently shared a new batch of Mars photos, and among them, whimsical worm-like rocks were spotted on the Martian surface. If it seems like there’s a lot of discussion surrounding Mars right now, that’s because there is! […]

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Mushrooms on Mars: Do These Images Show Proof of Life on Mars?

Could there be mushrooms on Mars? In a new paper, an international team of scientists from countries including the U.S., France, and China have gathered and compared photographic evidence they claim shows fungus-like objects growing on the Red Planet… More about this article in the link below… https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a36356445/mushrooms-on-mars-nasa-photos-life-on-mars/

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NASA Releases Stunning Image of Mars: Blue Dunes on the Red Planet – SciTechDaily

A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds Mars’ northern polar cap and covers an area as big as Texas. In this false-color image, areas with cooler temperatures are recorded in bluer tints, while warmer features are depicted in yellows and oranges. Thus, the dark, sun-warmed dunes glow with a golden color. […]

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We Finally Know What’s Going on With That Weird, Long, 950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. Recurring Cloud on Mars

In 2018, a camera on board the Mars Express mission caught sight of a strangely long and wispy cloud, billowing across the surface of the red planet. From a distance, the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) trail of fog almost resembled a plume of smoke, and it seemed to be emerging from the top of a long-dead volcano. Looking […]

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There’s a hidden message in the parachute of NASA’s Mars rover – The Verge

The parachute that helped NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars last week unfurled to reveal a seemingly random pattern of colors in video clips of the rover’s landing. But there was more to the story: NASA officials later said it contained a hidden message written in binary computer code. Internet sleuths cracked the message within […]

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6 Things to Know About NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter JPL Mars 2020 Perseverance RoverNASA Popular By Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars on February 18, 2021, it will be carrying a small but mighty passenger: Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter. The […]

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SpaceX’s Starman and Elon Musk’s Tesla just made their 1st Mars flyby | Space

Starman got less than 5 million miles from the Red Planet. Starman just cruised by Mars for the first time. The spacesuit-clad mannequin is “driving” SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, which launched in February 2018 on the debut flight of the company’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. And the duo just hit a big […]

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