Are we sure it’s ice on Mars?
Pretty sure, yes. Some people have asked whether NASA is jumping the gun, since solid CO2 – dry ice – also exists in abundance on Mars, and it can sublimate (turn into gas) as well. Maybe it’s that. As...
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More Mars data
The Phoenix explorer on Mars is now returning lots of cool new data. Earlier samples of soil have been put through some analysis inside Phoenix; the resultant data, for NASA scientists, “was like...
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The Mars dig goes on
The Phoenix lander continues to dig and scrape on Mars. They’re going to use the motorised rasp to scrape up some shavings of frozen ground. This is, to be honest, where the mission gets a little...
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Mars Phoenix to chemically test for water
The Phoenix Mars lander is ready to sample a scoop of icy ground and hopefully prove, chemically, that that white shiny stuff is water. They’ve done thermal tests of the soil to see what time of day is...
View ArticleMars Phoenix to look under a rock
Okay, now it just seems like they’re getting a little bored: the Phoenix Martian explorer may peek under a rock. Kidding. This is actually rather exciting, since the explorer wasn’t designed to move...
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Thoughts from a dying probe
I’ve blogged on and off about the Phoenix explorer probe, and its search for water on Mars. It’s just about done its mission: it found the water it was looking for (in block ice and snow form) and sent...
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Martian Opportunity
I blogged lots last year about Phoenix, the probe on Mars that landed, found evidence of water, and died on the red planet. There are other probes on Mars, though: the Mars Exploration Rover (MER)...
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Images from Mars
Remember Opportunity, the explorer on Mars? It’s sending back from great new pictures of the Red Planet. The Echus Chasma (from ESA/Getty Images) The post Images from Mars appeared first on The Plummet...
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Photographs of Mars
From Presidia Creative, look at these amazing photos of Mars, collected by telescope or probe. Here’s one to whet your appetite: The post Photographs of Mars appeared first on The Plummet Onions.
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Curiosity takes us to Mars
You’ve seen plenty of media coverage already about NASA‘s Curiosity roverlanding safely on Mars. It went better than they’d hoped. Now the robot will sniff around the red planet for signs that life...
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