Recent glass traces on Mars’ surface suggest early signs of life might have existed on the Red Planet many years ago. The finding was confirmed by researchers at NASA after analyzing the samples collected from the celestial body. Many hypotheses have been put forth in relation to the possibility of life to have pre-existed on the Red Planet. Mars is the planet that has the right characteristics … [Read more...]
Water Doesn’t Prove Life Existed On Mars
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...]
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...]
NASA ‘Curiosity’ Rover Takes its First Bite Out of Mars
NASA wants to understand what happened to the Red Planet. Mars was once a wet and warm. How could it turn so cold and dry? For this purpose it has sent the rover, Curiosity, to drill the first sample-collection hole into Mount Sharp. NASA declared in a statement that the rover's hammering drill chewed approximately 2.6 inches into the basal-layer to collect powdered-rock sample. This was last … [Read more...]
NASA Search for Life on mars led by Brisbane Woman
The NASA team that will be searching for life on Mars will be led by one of the top 10 scientific minds of the world, Dr. Abigail Allwood, described as an extraordinarily brilliant woman. Working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Dr. Allwood is the main investigator for the 2020 Mars Rover program that NASA is preparing. The Brisbane scientist is the first non-US … [Read more...]
US Mars Mission is Unaffordable suffering under budget constraints
With the Mars being hoped as a probable life supporting planet, space missions on the red planet becomes more important. The leading countries are one after another sending space expeditions in search of life on Mars. In such a scenario the United States can't afford not to undertake such a mission. The constraints on the budget around making the landing of astronauts on Mars an unaffordable … [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...]
Red planet Mars offers rare celestial treat to sky gazers
The space lovers had a rare celestial treat on Tuesday (April 8) when the Earth, Mars and Sun came in a straight line, giving a close glimpse of the red planet. The rare event was termed as ‘opposition’ by the astronauts because Mars and the Sun were on opposite sides of the sky and our planet Earth soared between the two celestial bodies. But those who have missed the rare sight need not … [Read more...]
Mystery Of Mars ‘Jelly Doughnut’ Solved
The mystery of the odd and famous "jelly doughnut" rock on Mars have been deciphered by meticulous mission scientists of NASA. The doughnut shaped Martian rock had been puzzling scientists after Mars rover Opportunity photographed it on Jan. 8, as it appeared out of nowhere on Mars. Four days earlier on December 26, 2013, the rock wasn't there at all. So the question arises how did the rock … [Read more...]
