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ExoMars: Mars Rover scientists to study Mawrth Vallis location option

Posted in Hardware on 29th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Europe is going to investigate a second site on Mars as a possible destination to send its 2021 rover.

Impact crater linked to Martian tsunamis

Posted in Science on 26th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Scientists have located an impact crater linked to powerful tsunamis that swept across part of ancient Mars.

Warming Mars and thickening its atmosphere can be done in 10-100 years

Posted in Science on 17th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

If all the solar incident on Mars were to be captured then Mars would warm to Earth-like temperatures in about 10 years.

US Government Issues NASA Demand, 'Get Humans to Mars By 2033'

Posted in Science on 9th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Both chambers of Congress just passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2017.

NASA Considers Magnetic Shield to Help Mars Grow Its Atmosphere

Posted in Science on 5th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

NASA Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, says launching a magnetic shield could help warm Mars and possibly allow it to become habitable.