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Detailed imaging of the surface of Mars from orbit has allowed space scientists to produce the most detailed geological map yet of part of the Red Planet. The new map was released on Friday, 12 ...
Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...
There is now little doubt we humans will eventually get to Mars. It seems that, somehow, humanity has always known that. Yet only in recent years we got to see not only talk of Mars missions ...
Now you can explore Mars from the comfort of your home, as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently shared an annotated, interactive map of the red planet showing some of the hottest sights on ...
In a herculean effort, Caltech's Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary Visualization has created what has now been deemed the most detailed 3D map of Mars ever made. The Global CTX Mosaic of Mars map ...
Thanks to the Mars Odyssey probe and 21,000 high-resolutions photographs it took of the planet’s surface, we now have the best map ever made of Mars – and you can check it out online right now! The ...
The CTX mosaic map has labels for just about every feature on Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA has released an interactive map of Mars made from over 100,000 images taken by the agency’s Mars ...
If you have ever wanted to travel to Mars and fly over its dunes, volcanoes, and chasms, today is your lucky day. Caltech’s Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary Visualization has released the closest ...
(CNN) — By tracking the gravitational pull on spacecraft over Mars, NASA has created one of the most detailed maps yet of the Red Planet’s surface, and what lies beneath. “Gravity maps allow us to see ...
The USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona recently released a series of geologic Martian maps that could all be impactful to future missions to the Red Planet. Does size matter? In ...
It's only in the last few years that scientists have been able to map the red planet's interior structure. That's because NASA's Insight lander features a seismometer that can record waves generated ...
Imagine, about 4.5 billion years ago, Mars was a young, vibrant world. At that time, massive celestial impacts were frequent, some powerful enough to melt the Martian crust and part of the mantle, ...