Mars and Rovers

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (196+ words) The object, or Messier 27, is a planetary nebula consisting of an expanding shell of glowing gas and dust, remnants of a dying star. Located in the constellation Vulpecula, it’s accessible even with small backyard telescopes. McCarthy’s image reveals the nebula’s…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (277+ words) Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London After spending the last six months exploring "Lac de Charmes," a region of ancient rock beyond Jezero crater's western rim, Perseverance has stumbled upon a vast field of light-toned rocks…...

2+ hour ago   (239+ words) Mirage News Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 1, 2026 The majority of Curiosity plans involve mosaics from Mastcam and ChemCam, chemistry analyses from ChemCam and APXS, images from MAHLI and MARDI, and systematic measurements…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago   (175+ words) Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 1, 2026 The majority of Curiosity plans involve mosaics from Mastcam and ChemCam, chemistry analyses from ChemCam and APXS, images from MAHLI and MARDI, and systematic measurements from REMS,…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (214+ words) Commentary by Courtney Stadd Published October 5, 2026 This piece is part of a commentary series called “The Foundations of Space Superiority” that analyzes the strategic, economic, and scientific drivers of securing a lasting U.S. advantage in space. On December 18, 2025, an…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (297+ words) NASA has announced a mission to establish if there are large underground caves on the Moon. “The payload will scan beneath the Moon’s surface to see whether the Marius Hills Pit leads into a large underground lava tube,” NASA said…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (306+ words) Editor’s note: The National Academy’s Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences Autumn 2026 Meeting is being held 6-8 October Tuesday – Thursday this week. According to the agenda there are a number of NASA presentations open to the public that should shed some…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (307+ words) Mars 2020 Mission Team Members Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London After spending the last six months exploring “Lac de Charmes,” a region of ancient rock beyond Jezero crater’s western rim, Perseverance has stumbled upon a vast…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (159+ words) [astro-ph.EP] It is widely accepted that water vapor forms clouds by heterogeneous nucleation (condensation on pre-existing dry nuclei). Homogeneous nucleation (directly from water vapor, without a pre-existing nuclei) is theoretically possible, but it requires high levels of supersaturation and…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (163+ words) European Space Agency (ESA) Engineers follow up rover's moves in desert Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! For eight days, a Mars rover prototype travelled 220 metres across a barren landscape,…...