Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »
The equatorial region of Mars is home to the solar system’s tallest volcanoes; These volcanoes, which in some cases extend up to three heights of Mount Everest, are also likely hiding an unexpected frost event, according to a new study. The largest – Olympus Mons – is 16 miles (26 kilometers) high and 374 miles… Read More »
The equatorial region of Mars is home to the solar system’s tallest volcanoes; These volcanoes, which in some cases extend up to three heights of Mount Everest, are also likely hiding an unexpected frost event, according to a new study. The largest – Olympus Mons – is 16 miles (26 kilometers) high and 374 miles… Read More »
New computer simulations have cast doubt on the possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars’ southern ice sheet; This simulation suggests that closely packed layers of ice can produce the same radar reflections as liquid water. In 2018, the European Space Agency Mars Express The orbiter used the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar… Read More »
A mysterious hole in the slope of an ancient rock volcano Open Anthem It’s caused a stir lately because of what it might reveal beneath the Red Planet’s surface. Here’s what it means. First of all, the pit, only a few meters in diameter, was actually imaged by NASA on August 15, 2022. Mars Reconnaissance… Read More »
Curiosity Mars rover He detected intriguing chemical evidence in the form of abnormal amounts of manganese oxide. Anthem Billions of years ago it had not only a habitable environment, but also an environment probably inhabited by microbes. NASA’s Curiosity Exploring the giant Gale crater with a diameter of 154 kilometers (about 96 miles)Curiosity’s discoveries revealed… Read More »
In an unofficial sense, I’d like to call today (April 10) “Planet Imaging Day.” There will be two planets appearing very close together in the early morning hours, and later that day in the early evening sky we will have the chance to see Jupiter hovering near a thin, waxing crescent moon and turning into… Read More »
Mars’ rusty red surface may have given it its famous “Red Planet” status, but it also appears that thousands of white rocks are strangely scattered across the Martian floor. NASA’s Patience The robotic geologist Rover, which has been exploring Jezero Crater since early 2021, surprised scientists when it delivered images of more than 4,000 light-toned,… Read More »