Mars

Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...

Mars Express Discovers Mysterious Martian “Spiders”

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The dark spots in this image from ESA’s Mars Express are the telltale sign of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region ...

Are there Spiders on Mars? ESA unveils truth behind the mysterious clusters seen on the red planet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The European Space Age (ESA) recently shared pictures of the mysterious spider-like clusters on the planet Mars. The space agency has, however, ...

Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...

Satellite Photo Shows an Army of ‘Black Spiders’ on Mars

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A photo taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has set the internet alight after it apparently shows large clusters ...

David Bowie was right – there are spiders on Mars! European Space Agency’s spacecrafts snap mysterious arachnid shapes on the Red Planet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Although not actual spiders, ‘araneiforms’ are dark cracks in the Martian soil READ MORE: Mars has two miles of water buried at ...

NASA Mars Helicopter’s Final Message Home Was A Touching Tribute

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter throws a shadow on the dusty surface on Aug. 2, 2023 when it was … [+] still operational ...

‘Wild New Wonders’ On Mars As NASA Investigates ‘Dragon Scale’ Rocks

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

“Sawblade” is the name given to the blocks with wavy textures in this image of Mars from NASA’s … [+] Curiosity rover. ...

NASA is making a big announcement about Mars TODAY

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA is expected to give an update on the Mars Sample Return mission  This mission has been criticised for having an unrealistic ...

* NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hits the Mark – “This Is the Kind of Rock We Had Hoped To Find”

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The 21st rock core captured by NASA’s Perseverance has a composition that would make it good at trapping and preserving signs of ...