Two NASA Spacecraft Teamed Up to Find Large Meteoroid Strike
27 Oct 2022, 21:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's InSight lander teamed up with the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to make a scientific discovery on Mars
Greek God of Volcanos Is Now on Mars, Holds a Crater of Pure Beauty in Its Lap
16 Oct 2022, 01:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rampart crater in the Hephaestus Fossae region of Mars could unlock some secrets on the "depth to the water (ice) table through time" in its region
This Crater Farm Is on a Neighboring Planet, But Not Mars
9 Oct 2022, 01:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This close up of three large craters on the surface of a planet has been snapped by the Magellan mission tens of years ago
Here’s Why This Place on Mars Looks Like a Piece of Cracked Leather
1 Oct 2022, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of Mars snapped by the HiRISE camera shows an ice formation inside an impact crater, looks like a piece of cracked leather from above
Waffle Crater on Mars Looks Like the Broken Seal of House Targaryen
3 Sep 2022, 01:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This waffle crater in the Cerberus Plains region of Mars has unknown origins, kind of looks like the seal of a mythical house
NASA Perseverance Rover Uncovers More Secrets About Mars' Ancient Past
26 Aug 2022, 16:10 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Perseverance found some crucial clues about Mars' past. The rover discovered that the Jezero Crater's floor is made of volcanic rock that interacted with water
This Is the Strangest-Shaped Impact Crater You’ll Find All Day
5 Aug 2022, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars snaps a pic of an impact crater in the Noachis Terra region of the planet, there is an explanation
This Unusual Crater on Mars Looks Like a Giant Human Eyeball
10 Jun 2022, 19:13 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Sometimes spacecraft beam back incredible images of our dusty neighbor. Recently, the Mars Express took a photo of a crater that resembles a human eyeball
Small and Fresh Asteroid Impact Crater Found in an Unlikely Region of Mars
6 Mar 2022, 02:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image taken in 2013 shows a relatively young crater on the Martian mid-latitudes, a place where craters usually don't last very long
This Asteroid Made Quite a Splash on Mars, Visible From Space
27 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image captured in 2009 shows a small impact crater on Mars, complete with what scientists call cemented fine materials
Martian Squishy Impact Crater Looks Like a Rose Frozen in Rock, Holds Some Mysteries
19 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE camera shows an impact crater with most of the ejecta vaporized, looks like a rose seen from above
Impact Craters Bundle Together on Mars, Impossible to Count
2 Feb 2022, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of Mars captured by the HiRISE camera shows a portion of Arabia Terra riddled with asteroid impact craters, too many to count
There Are Dying Craters on Mars, Here’s a Piece of One
29 Jan 2022, 03:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image sent back by the HiRISE camera from Mars shows how subsurface ice can change the appearance and shape of an impact crater
Chip-in-the-Wall Crater May Hold Clues to Mars' Past Climate
21 Jan 2022, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This small impact crater on the surface of Mars contains traces of buried ice that "can help answer questions about what the Martian climate was like long ago
Eroded Martian Crater Deposit Looks Like a Giant, Exposed Alien Brain
31 Dec 2021, 10:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of a crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars shows significant surface erosion, the place looks like some giant exposed brain
Frozen Mars Crater Looks Like Red Velvet Cake With Powdered Sugar on Top
28 Dec 2021, 01:47 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Just in time for the festive season, we're getting an image from Mars captured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter showing an interesting-looking Mars crater
Analog Astronauts Will Simulate Life on Mars Inside a Huge Desert Crater
12 Oct 2021, 00:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / For three weeks, a team consisting of one woman and five men will simulate life on Mars inside a huge crater in Israeli's Negev desert
Martian Impact Crater Looks Like a Huge Gladiator Arena Shot From a Drone
5 Sep 2021, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An impact crater on the Martian surface, seen through the HiRISE camera orbiting hundreds of miles above the planet, looks like a gladiator arena
Ghost Crater Shows Skid Mark-Like Features in This Photo From Mars
2 Aug 2021, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera captures a so-called ghost crater in a Martian region called Utopia Planitia, edge looks like skid marks
Recent Mars Impact Crater Looks Like a Cigarette Burn
29 Jul 2021, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new image of Mars released by the people running the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows one of the most recent impact craters on the Red Planet