Mars

"The existence of liquid water, even if it's super salty briny water, gives us the possibility that if there is life on Mars, that we have a way to describe how it might survive," Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld said WICHITA (The Borowitz Report)—Just hours after NASA revealed the discovery of water on … Read more

NASA's quest to put boots on Mars will be delayed significantly by a lack of cooperation from Congress, the author of "The Martian" believes. "NASA says they can do it by 2035, and I'm sure they could, given enough funding," Andy Weir, who wrote the “Spider”, “Alien”, “John Carter”, “awesome Martian space crab” – these … Read more

NASA has released new images of its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, snapped by the rover itself using the ultimate selfie stick: its 7-foot-long robotic arm. Dozens of images, shot August 5, were stitched together to form  An object that looks like a Star Destroyer from "Star Wars" wasn't found in a galaxy … Read more

“Spider”, “Alien”, “John Carter”, “awesome Martian space crab” – these are a few suggestions by social media users who apparently thoroughly studied a recent NASA image of Mars which captured a strange object on the  “Spider”, “Alien”, “John Carter”, “awesome Martian space crab” – these are a few suggestions by social media users who apparently … Read more

Mars opposition. On Tuesday, April 8, the red planet will appear at its biggest and brightest since December 2007. Known as opposition, when Mars appears opposite in our skies from the sun, the distinctly orange-hued  Every two years, Mars reaches a point in its orbit called “opposition,” when the planet lies directly opposite the sun … Read more

Mars opposition. On Tuesday, April 8, the red planet will appear at its biggest and brightest since December 2007. Known as opposition, when Mars appears opposite in our skies from the sun, the distinctly orange-hued  Mars opposition. On Tuesday, April 8, the red planet will appear at its biggest and brightest since December 2007. Known … Read more