Mars

Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:03:00 +0000

Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years. The water might contain microbes that evolved independently from the surface world, and it's a finding that gives new hope to the search for life on other planets.

The water samples came from holes drilled by gold miners near the small town of Timmins, Ontario, about 350 miles north of Toronto. Deep in the Canadian bedrock, miners drill holes and collect samples.

Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets

Korva Coleman — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:42:00 +0000

Galactic poet?

Here's how to become famous.

Send your work to Mars!

NASA is raising awareness for its upcoming launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft with its Going to Mars project.

This One-Way Trip To Mars Is Brought To You By ...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:11:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pA5YH-ehY

Mars Rovers Go Quiet, As Sun Blocks Transmissions

Bill Chappell — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:31:00 +0000

Communications between the Earth and Mars are on hiatus for several weeks, thanks to interference from the sun. That means NASA's orbiters and rovers that study Mars will be left to their own devices until radio signals can once again travel between the two planets.

Known as "solar conjunction," the problem arises when the orbit of planets places the sun directly between them.

"It's like being on either side of a huge bonfire," NASA explains, in a video on its website.

NASA: Rover Data Indicates Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:36:00 +0000

The group of scientists working with NASA's Curiosity rover made a big announcement during a press conference today: "We have found a habitable environment that is so benign" if there was water there, "you be able to drink it," John P.