Ancient Glacier Leaves Its Mark on Mars' Surface, This Is How Ice Once Flowed There
16 Aug 2023, 11:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo of Mars snapped by the HiRISE spacecraft shows a region of the planet when sometime in the distant past a glacier may have flowed
A Pack of Eight Dust Devils Dance the Tornado Dance on the Surface of Mars
14 May 2023, 00:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 2015 the HiRISE orbital camera captured no less than eight dust devils dancing on the surface of Mars, NASA recently made the photo public
Raised Feature on Mars Looks Like Some Ancient Road, Weirdly Enough It Was Once a River
13 May 2023, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This elevated feature somewhere in the Antoniadi Crater on Mars is actually a former river bed. When seen from space, it looks like the remnants of some road
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
Spot on Mars Looks Dull From Orbit, NASA Could Send a Helicopter to Have a Closer Look
15 Oct 2022, 00:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This location on Mars could one day become the target of study for NASA's helicopter on Mars in a bid to learn more about it
Region Named in Ancient Mesopotamian Language Is the First Proof of a Martian Shoreline
8 Oct 2022, 01:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A HiRISE photo snapped last year shows Shalbatana Vallis, a place that translates as Mars Valley and is the first discovered shoreline there
Here Is Martian Chloride, And It Sounds Like Some Kind of Poison. But It’s Not
2 Oct 2022, 01:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This portion of Martian surface shows traces of chloride, and that's a clear sign of the region having had water, and maybe even life, at some point
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
Those Are Not Armies of Ants Duking It Out on Mars, Brain Thinks Them So
26 Sep 2022, 06:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A large deposit of dry ice on the surface of Mars was captured by the HiRISE camera, features looks like millions of ants waging war
Deep Scar on Mars’ Face Shows Ice Buried Beneath the Surface, Could Be Very, Very Old
25 Sep 2022, 00:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Cliff in an otherwise uniform and dusty region of Mars reveals subsurface ice, and it could be tens of millions years old
Those Are Not Blue Croissants on Mars, Because of Course There Are No Such Things
24 Sep 2022, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Barchan dunes on Mars are seen in this image sent back by the HiRISE camera, and are likened by scientists to... croissants
Slope Streaks on Ancient Mars Crater Look Like an Alien Company’s Logo
18 Sep 2022, 03:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slope streaks are common occurrences over on Mars, and they form by the displacement of material that exposes subsurface material
Surface Collapses Strangely Over on Mars, You’ll Never Guess How Deep This Blue Rift Is
17 Sep 2022, 03:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Discontinuous fissures in the Cerberus Fossae region of Mars can be as deep as 260 meters (853 feet) and appear blue because of unoxidized iron in the sand
Martian Collapse Pit Looks Like a Predator’s Ship Crash Site, Plays Tricks on the Eyes
4 Sep 2022, 01:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A HiRISE photo taken this year shows a strange feature in the Martian region of Ceraunius Fossae, it's a pit, not a mound
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
Strange Place on Mars Had a Landing Pad Ready for Curiosity, Rover Went Elsewhere
28 Aug 2022, 01:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This place on Mars called Nili Fossae was on the list of landing locations for the Curiosity rover, is filled with clay minerals
Mars Impact Crater Is Riddled With Molehills, We Don’t Know What Made Them
27 Aug 2022, 01:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE images shows an impact crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars, filled with mounds and pits whose origins are unknown
If You Want to Know What Water Did to Mars, This Is the Place to Go
26 Aug 2022, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Margaritifer Terra region of Mars is considered “the most impressive water-modified landscape on Mars that preserves the highest density of valley networks"
War on Earth Will Keep This Martian Feature a Mystery for a While Longer
22 Aug 2022, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency's ExoMars mission would have landed a rover near this location on Mars in a bid to unlock its mysteries
Patterned Dunes on Mars Have Humans Scratching Their Heads
15 Aug 2022, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sand dunes in the Becquerel Crater on Mars has scientists wondering where they came from, and why are they different from the rest of the region