Mars and Earth are at their closest encounter in more than a decade with only 47 million miles separating the two planets. The closest recorded encounter in the last 60, 000 years was in 2003 when the two cosmic buddies are only 35 million miles apart.
A new report published in Nature Scientific Reports by Planetary Science Institute (PSI) reveal that mega tsunamis might have obliterated ancient shorelines on Mars. The 400-foot high killer waves were reportedly triggered by a powerful meteor crash that hit the red planet’s ancient waters.
The modified Boeing jet SOFIA was instrumental in helping make the discovery which has eluded researchers for four decades.
Having broken its earlier steep-slope record, NASA's Opportunity rover takes on an even steeper Mars terrain to set a new record.
NASA will launch the InSight lander to Mars in 2018. It is aiming to land on the planet later on this year.
NASA reveals one of the most precise maps of Mars that looks anything but accurate, thanks to the tainted green shades. However, this new gravitational chart of the red planet by NASA has gotten deeper into the secrets of Mars, the closest neighbor to our planet
Speculation is rife that NASA could announce discovery of water while are hoping the space agency announces discovery of Martian life.
The crab may just be imagination, but the public is going wild asking NASA to go back and recheck.
ESA's Mars Express turned up photos showing a water lagoon like feature which scientists attribute to material deposits and image processing.
A NASA team located the missing Mars lander from high resolution images taken by Mars Orbiter.
Observations made from images captured by NASA's Mars rover are suggestive of microbial existence in the past.
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