At the present time it is obvious that the red planet once had large lakes and rivers but the presence of water doesn’t prove life existed on Mars. As a matter of fact, water in the form of a liquid is only one of the numerous other factors needed to support life. A report claims that researchers will have to explore other factors to determine how habitable the planet may have been … [Read more...]
Mars Crater NASA Curiosity Rover Is Exploring Was Once a Huge Lake
Everyone’s favorite little machine, the NASA Curiosity rover is now exploring a huge crater which the scientists believe to have been a huge lake a long time ago. The scientists have named the huge crater Mount Sharp and is a three-mile high pile of layered debris which rises from the floor of another crater named Gale Crater. The NASA experts believe this crater was formed many billions of … [Read more...]
Comet Flies by Mars in Once-in-a-Lifetime Event
During an extremely rare fly-by, comet Siding Spring zoomed by Mars on October 19th in an event that scientists bill as being once-in-a-lifetime. The event could help astronomers better understand what occurred during the earliest days of our solar system. Siding Spring flew as close as 87,000 miles to the Martian surface at 2:27 PM EDT-approximately one third of the distance between Earth and … [Read more...]
Curiosity Rover Reaches Landmark Destination on Mars
After a two year journey, Curiosity Rover reached Mount Sharp. Everyone is excited, as this is actually the main scientific field site for the high-tech Mars rover. Mount Sharp was chosen as the main research site before Curiosity was launched into space from Cape Canaveral in November 2011. “We are here to tell everyone that the next phase of research on Mars for Curiosity can now begin,” … [Read more...]
NASA releases selfies sent by Curiosity rover
US space agency NASA has released lateast pictures of Mars and its surface alongwith some of the selfie of Curiosity. The rare images, clicked by Curiosity on April 27 and 28, were assembled by space blogger Jason Major. The latest selfie of Curiosity rover shows its ‘face’ i.e. the eye-like navigation cameras and the workhorse Mastcam. The pictures were taken by a camera mounted on an arm … [Read more...]
NASA Opportunity Rover Finds Evidence Mars Had Life-supporting Freshwater
Even after 10 years of efforts of exploring Mars, mineral analysis by the NASA’s Opportunity Rover shows the planet had liquid water 4 billion years ago fresh enough to support life, NASA scientists say. "While Mars is too cold to contain water supporting life now, we've had proof for past water commotion on the planet from satellite images of valleys and examination of rocks by the Rovers," … [Read more...]
