The discovery of large amounts of nickel in the once water-filled surface of Mars provides further evidence that the red planet may have once provided suitable conditions for life. In Neretva Vallis, an ancient channel that once carried water to the slopes of Jezero Crater, researchers found more nickel than ever before in a Martian … Read more
Amazing tip on Martian rocks The Tolerance The rover, which has been exploring Mars since January 2021, got the chance biosignature in the Jezero Crater area. Scientists saw unusual, colorful objects specks in a rock called “Cheyava Falls,” which is located at the foot of an ancient valley. This ancient valley was once considered flowing … Read more
For decades, nuclear activity has been the center of proposals for aeronautical engineering and government studies, always promising, never leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA has announced that it will launch the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, described by the agency as the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft, on its way to Mars before the end … Read more
For decades, nuclear activity has been the center of proposals for aeronautical engineering and government studies, always promising, never leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA has announced that it will launch the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, described by the agency as the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft, on its way to Mars before the end … Read more
See larger ones. | The Perseverance rover captured this view as it zoomed up to the rim of Jezero Crater on December 5, 2024. The rover has now found rubies on Mars, or perhaps sapphires, small pebbles outside the crater rim. Image still from video by NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ ASU/ MSSS. NASA’s Perseverance rover has found … Read more
BEAR YOUR EAR A cone-shaped object that was photographed by a Mars rover and suspected by a scientist has now been identified. The strangely shaped object was photographed by NASA’s Curiosity rover in August 2022 in Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. “We have seen many Martian rocks that show shapes that, from a … Read more
Localized A Martian dust storm revealed a process that scientists had largely ignored. Rather than rare earth events, small storms may push water into the atmosphere more often than expected. Mars is moving forward scars of a wet past. Ancient canals and water-altered minerals point to a time when liquid water was stable at the … Read more