Mars. Water. You’d never find two more unlikely companions, even in a buddy cop movie. But once upon a time, the dry, red dustbowl of Mars was lush and soggy.
It will launch aboard the Perseverance rover.
Mars is a pretty wild and wonderful place, and an image posted to the NASA science blog and Astronomy Photo of the Day this week is a brilliant example. It shows what appears to be a mountain… but completely hollowed out.
The presence of sulfur-rich organic compounds may help in the search for Martian biology.
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captured a stunning new selfie on February 26, 2020 (the 2687th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).
Dust and sand slide down slopes on Mars in little avalanches.
NASA told its InSight lander to thwack its shovel free of the Martian soil, and it worked.
The crater is located in the Terra Sabaea region of Mars.
Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs.
The composite photo features 1.8 billion pixels.
