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Tag: Mars
Elon Musk: There is an 80 percent chance Starship’s engine bay issues are solved
Ars: Ten years ago you kind of made big bets on Starship and Starlink, and most people probably expected one […]
Tuesday Telescope: Finally, some answers on those Martian streaks
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little […]
Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars
Skip to content The symbiotic organisms appear to be able to avoid some radiation damage. Whether anything ever lived on […]
Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
The Curiosity mission started near the bottom of the crater, at the base of a formation called Aeolis Mons, or […]
Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?
Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump […]
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
Skip to content That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars’ interior. The north […]
Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars
In the mid- and upper-latitudes on Earth, during the early evening hours, thin and wispy clouds can sometimes be observed […]
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
Skip to content What may have been an ancient shoreline has signs of a water-driven transformation. For decades, we have […]
There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
The most recent lunar occultation of Mars that was visible from the United States occurred on December 7, 2022. A […]