European nations recently met together to discuss space exploration and the International Space Station (ISS) at a time when the global economy continues to suffer. Due to the economic crisis, countries are buckling down, which made the recent ...

1 Dec 2008

RESEARCHERS have found new evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is being stripped away by solar wind. It’s not a gently continuous erosion, but rather a ripping process in which chunks of Martian air detach themselves from the planet and tumble ...

30 Nov 2008

This image captures a record of changing environments on ancient Mars, as recorded in the rock record at Nili Fossae. The subimage shows a rock type known as megabreccia, composed of numerous differently colored blocks, each up to 40 meters (130 feet ...

30 Nov 2008

The surface of Mars can be a bumpy place, particularly in the mid-latitudes. There, steep peaks are often surrounded by broad lobes of material that stretch away from the peaks for a dozen kilometres. Scientists have long thought that those big bumps ...

30 Nov 2008

After more than five months of successful service, the plucky little Mars Phoenix Lander has apparently frozen in the early stages of the harsh Martian winter. The Phoenix team today acknowledged that the lander hadn't phoned home recently. The ...

28 Nov 2008

The jagged rim on the Victoria Crater on Mars: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/planet-mars/updike-text?pid=independent_mars Mars has inspired the human imagination for thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans identified the Red Planet with ...

27 Nov 2008