Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports ...

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Mars is in Cancer now. Mars ends its transit on April 18. After 3 months and 11 days of transit in Cancer, Mars will enter the Leo zodiac sign on April 18, 2025. Discover how the current mars transit ...

SpaceX's optimistic vision for a Mars base. Credit: SpaceX The lack of a magnetic field also means colonists would be exposed to intense radiation, up to 700 times more than they would encounter ...

Ever since the discovery of methane on Mars, scientists have wondered if the Red Planet might ... Although the most common method is photosynthesis — and the resulting food web from that base — the ...

Uranus and Neptune are binocular targets, while Mars reaches opposition. Early morning reveals Mercury. Additionally, on the 9th the Moon crosses the Pleiades (M45), and on the 13th it hides Mars ...

The bitter cold air in the winter is also less hazy than it is during the summer, so stars and planets like Mars can be easier to spot–as long as there isn’t a ton of cloud cover. Here are ...

From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this ... near the base of the volcano ...

Ingenuity was a small helicopter, or rather more a drone, that was carried to Mars on board the Perseverance rover mission in 2020. It was designed as a technology demonstration to prove that powered ...

It's also a supermoon, set to appear in night skies Jan. 13, and will pass in front of Mars during a phenomenon known as occultation. People across the United States should be able to see the moon ...

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and the world’s wealthiest individual, recently discussed his vision for governance on Mars, proposing a direct democracy for the Red Planet. Musk, driven by his ambition to ...

Earth and Mars in comparison. Mars has only about 10.7 percent of earth's mass but is roughly half ... [+] its radius. Mars remains a true puzzle, but not for the reasons most people would think.