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Can Humans Really Survive on Mars? 6 Science-Backed AnswersMars presents significant environmental challenges, but research indicates these can be engineered around. Strategies for radiation shieldi...
Mars’ missing water quest sees an unexpected breakthrough, offering insights into the planet’s ancient climateScientists have long sought to explain why Mars, once rich in liquid water, became a dry desert. A new study reveals that intense, localize...
Mars just shocked NASA: Perseverance accidentally records first evidence of lightning on the red planet; Here’s what it meansNASA's Perseverance rover has accidentally detected lightning-like electrical discharges on Mars, a breakthrough in understanding the plane...
NIT research to improve weather prediction on Mars for better robotic, human mission planningResearchers from NIT Rourkela and Sun Yat-sen University analysed over 20 years of Mars mission data to study how dust storms, dust devils,...
Athens or Mars? Sahara dust storm turns Greece capital into alien landscapeDust clouds from North Africa turned the skies over southern Greece orange, covering iconic landmarks like the Acropolis. Strong Sahara win...
InSight, NASA's quake-detecting Mars project, officially concludesThe mission of InSight, originally designed to last just two years, has been extended twice. However, a buildup of dust on the lander's sol...
The sound of Mars: Rover microphone records the red planet's dust devilsDust devils have been known to appear on Mars since the 1970s.
- Martian skies clearing, hope for Opportunity Rover: NASA
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With skies clearing over Opportunity Rover's resting spot in Mars, NASA believes that the solar-powered rover wil...
- Optimistic about Mars Opportunity rover, says NASA
Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) There's reason to be optimistic about Mars Opportunity rover that has been silent since June 10, after getting ca...
- 'Foreign object' found by Mars rover a rock flake: NASA
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) A so-called "foreign object debris" spotted by Mars rover Curiosity and speculated to be a piece of spacecraft de...
- NASA's Opportunity Rover still missing in Martian dust storm
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) NASA's Opportunity Rover, which has been roaming Mars for nearly 15 years, is missing for two months after gettin...
Longest lunar eclipse: Mars coming closest ever to Earth in 15 yearsThe event may enable people to almost double the brilliance of Jupiter through the naked eye, and the longest total lunar eclipse of the ce...
- NASA yet to hear from storm-hit Mars Opportunity rover
Washington, July 21 (IANS) NASA is yet to make contact with its Mars Opportunity rover ever since a massive storm started on the Red Planet...
- NASA's Curiosity rover captures images of Martian dust storm
Washington, June 21 (IANS) With NASA engineers yet to make contact with the Opportunity Mars rover due to a massive storm on the Red Planet...
- NASA loses contact with Opportunity rover in Martian dust storm
Washington, June 14 (IANS) NASA engineers have not heard back from Opportunity rover that is caught in an unprecedented sandstorm on Mars, ...
- NASA's Opportunity rover halted over Martian dust storm
Washington, June 12 (IANS) NASA's Opportunity rover's science operations have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a growing dust sto...
In a first, all-Indian crew set to experience MarsFor the first time, an all-Indian crew will take part in a two-week Mars-related research assignment between January 28 and February 12, 20...
- Global dust storm could hit Mars soon: NASA
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The Red Planet is likely to experience a global dust storm in the next few months, encircling the planet in a thic...
China unveils Mars rover after India's successful MangalyaanChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has displayed the machine and the technological hardware set-up at an air show.
Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft sends pictures of dust storm activitiesMOM aims to study the Martian surface and mineral composition and scan its atmosphere for methane, an indicator of life.