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...]
NASA Discovers Strange Mars Formation
NASA has released pictures of a strange-looking formation on the Mars surface. Some say the strange Mars formation looks like a “brain”, other claim it kind of resembles a cookie. The recently found formation is circular in shape and NASA said is about 2 km wide. Scientists said about the strange Mars formation that it looks like a brain, a cookie or even like a deformed waffle. The strange … [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...]
NASA Spacecraft Seeking Answers to Lost Water Approaches Mars
After a long 10 month journey to the red planet, a NASA spacecraft will enter Mars’s orbit on Sunday in order to investigate how the planet lost its water. The spacecraft traveled 422 million miles from Earth and will experience a do-or-die burn of its braking rockets scheduled to start at 9:37 PM EDT/0137 GMT. MAVEN’s (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) thruster burns will hopefully give … [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...]
