Dozens of Secondary Impact Craters Are All That’s Left of an Ancient Martian Drama
3 Jan 2022, 13:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At times, the main impact craters on Mars are so old that any connection they had with secondary craters is erased, complicating the work of scientists
You Can Have NASA Take an Orbital Picture of Mars, This Guy Did
2 Jan 2022, 11:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and the University of Arizona allow the general public to make suggestions of what regions of Mars to be surveyed by the HiRISE camera
Martian Crater Looks Like an Overly Decorated, Well Baked French Boule
1 Jan 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of a crater in the northern middle latitudes of Mars comes with wind-blown ripples that look like the surface of an Earth-made piece of bread
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
Huge Martian Impact Basin Comes With Unique and “Enigmatic” Feature
30 Dec 2021, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image shows so-called banded terrain in the deepest part of the Hellas Planitia basin, NASA scientists call the feature enigmatic
Yellow Speck on Mars Took Two Years to Form, Looks Like a Cave Painting of an Alien Beast
29 Dec 2021, 12:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two photos of Mars snapped by the HiRISE camera over the span of just two years shows a bright yellow formation appearing in an unnamed crater
Color-Enhanced Martian Surface Looks Like Some Piece of Cracked Wood
28 Dec 2021, 10:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image of the plains south of Valles Marineris gets color enhanced to show many features that might have otherwise been invisible
Dark Sand Formations on Mars Seem Disturbingly Artificial and Organized
27 Dec 2021, 13:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image taken by the HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars shows dark sand formations on the surface, in the Nilosyrtis region
Four Tightly Packed Impact Craters on Mars Show How Good the Solar System’s Aim Is
26 Dec 2021, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image taken by the HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars shows four impact craters close together, both primary and secondary
Martian Impact Crater Looks Like the Mouth of Shai-Hulud
25 Dec 2021, 11:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Yet another photo of yet another impact crater on the surface of Mars has us face to what with what looks like Shai-Hulud's big mouth and many teeth
Big Nose and Half of a Face Seem to Be Lurking Underground in Creepy Photo of Mars
20 Dec 2021, 12:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another image of Mars taken by the HiRISE back in 2017 camera seems to be showing two half-faces under the surface of Mars
Colorful Collection of Martian Rocks Has Humans Dreaming of Snatching Some Samples
19 Dec 2021, 09:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image captured from the orbit of Mars shows floor of the Coprates Chasma, a large canyon included in the Valles Marineris
This Is All That’s Left of Mars’ Once Raging Rivers
18 Dec 2021, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of the Martian region of Tader Valles taken by the HiRISE camera up in orbit shows the remnants of what once might have been raging rivers
Noctis Labyrinthus Is Where You Could Get Lost on Mars, Here’s a Slice of It
16 Dec 2021, 15:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo showing a small portion of the Noctis Labyrinthus region of Mars reveals one more the strangeness of a planet we might once call our second home
Martian Gullies Look Like a Herd of Giant Alien Creatures, With Babies
13 Dec 2021, 16:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo of an undisclosed portion of Mars shows "particularly large" gullies on the surface, one of the many strange features of the planet
Largest Volcano on Mars Shows Vein-Like Structure in Photo Taken From Space
12 Dec 2021, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This image taken by the HiRISE camera high in orbit around the planet shows the planet's biggest volcano in terms of surface area, Alba Mons
Martian Cassini Crater Looks Like an Eerily Smooth Bowl From High Up in Orbit
11 Dec 2021, 18:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo of the Cassini Crater on Mars taken from orbit by the HiRISE camera show a rather smooth depression, probably caused by winds
Mars Shield Volcano Summit Comes With Pear-Shaped Crater, a Sign the Volcano Is Dead
10 Dec 2021, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE photo from 2010 is used by scientists to prove that volcanoes are not the reason behind the presence of methane in the atmosphere
Bow-Shaped Bright Streak at Martian South Pole Is a Double Alien Mystery
7 Dec 2021, 15:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image captured by the HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars shows a bow-shaped white streak on the surface, at the planet's South Pole
Piece of Mars Seems to Be Swarming With Dune Sandtrout
6 Dec 2021, 16:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Image of the Nilosyrtis Mensae region of Mars looks like it's infested with sandtrout from the planet Arrakis of Dune fame