99 percent pure water ice found on MarsSeptember 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure, halfway between the North Pole and the equator on the Red Planet. "We knew there was ice below the surface at high latitudes of Mars, but we find that it extends far closer to the equator than you would think, based on Mars' climate today," said Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona, a member of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, which runs the high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Now, a 'Dust Alert' system to tell whether you are breathing polluted airSeptember 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Bid adieu to the fear of polluted or contaminated air making its way into your body, for researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have now developed a first-of-its-kind sensor called "Dust Alert" that can families and authorities monitor the quality of the air they breathe. Developed by Prof.
New evidence points towards recent ice age on MarsAugust 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have found evidence on the Martian terrain that points towards a recent ice age on the Red Planet. The research, by Samuel C.
NASA orbiter shows angled view of Martian craterAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned a dramatic oblique view of the Martian crater that a rover explored for two years. The new view of Victoria Crater shows layers on steep crater walls, difficult to see from straight overhead, plus wheel tracks left by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity between September 2005 and August 2007.
Martian dust storms can generate lightningAugust 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists, using a new detector, have for the first time observed evidence that Martian dust storms can generate lightning. Dust storms on Earth build up an electric field as dust particles collide, and then emit lightning as the electric field discharges.
Scientists identify lake shorelines on MarsAugust 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists, using images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, have reported direct evidence of lake shorelines in the Shalbatana Vallis in Mars. Scientists generally believe that warm, wet conditions existed on Mars until only about 3.7 billion years ago.
"Diamond dust" snow falls every night on Mars in winterJuly 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - New data from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has revealed that every night during the Martian winter, water-ice crystals fall from high, thin clouds over the north pole, just like "diamond dust" that falls through the air in the Arctic. According to a report in National Geographic News, the clouds resemble cirrus clouds on earth and the precipitation is similar to ice crystals that fall through the air in the Arctic in the middle of winter, called diamond dust.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in safe mode after unexpected rebootingJune 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode and in communications with Earth after an unexpected rebooting of its computer on the evening of June 3. The spontaneous reboot resembles a February 23 event on the spacecraft.
NASA moon mission to pave way for humans' returnMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US space agency NASA has said it is ready to send two missions to the moon in a launch next month that will set the course for the resumption of human lunar exploration. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) are to launch aboard a single rocket June 17.
Rivers might have flowed recently on MarsMay 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has indicated that rivers might have flowed recently on the planet Mars. The study has found some serious valleys carved by rivers within the last billion years, which is much sooner than most similar findings.
Life on other planets will be found within 10 years: Mars explorerApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A University of Arizona professor, who led NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission, has said that within 10 years life will be found outside Earth. Peter Smith held the audience spellbound in his lecture, "Journey of the Phoenix," on April 16 at the University of Delaware, as he shared images taken by the Phoenix Mars Lander, which touched down in the Martian arctic on May 25, 2008.
A dust storm brews on the Red PlanetApril 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has erupted on the Red Planet. The dust storm began in mid-March 2009, in the large Southern Hemisphere impact basin named Hellas.
NASA twin spacecraft may reveal how our moon was bornApril 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two identical NASA spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon originated. The spacecraft duet, called Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or Stereo, are nearing a zone known as the Lagrangian points.
Liquid saltwater on Mars detected by NASA's Phoenix LanderMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new analysis by a group of mission scientists has determined that salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the Red Planet. This is the first time liquid water has been detected and photographed outside the Earth.
Mars rovers exceed all expectations to mark fifth birthdaysJanuary 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth. The rovers had predicted life spans of just 90 days, but instead US space agency NASA this month marks the fifth anniversary of the mission that is still going strong.
Loading ...