If you look at a photo of Mars, you’ll mostly see red.
The rust-colored world is known for its oxidized look, but if you dig down into the dirt, Mars gets a lot more interesting.
The red planet is actually hiding pockets of water-ice up to abou…
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Another thing we thought was water on Mars actually isn’t water
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Back in 2011, NASA scientists announced they had spotted compelling evidence that water sometimes still flowed on Mars. Now, researchers are backpedaling on these watery conclusions.
To NASA’s credit, the 2011 evidence looked quite convincing. Images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a NASA satellite orbiting Mars — showed telltale dark streaks running down various mountains, valleys, and craters on Mars. They look strikingly similar to features formed on Earth’s surface by flowing water.
But, according to a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience, it turns out these dark streaks are made mostly of “granular flow” — sand and perhaps rocks falling downhill — rather than water flowing down valleys during the warmer Martian summers. Read more…
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Act fast, it’s your last chance to send your name to Mars
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The clock is ticking to have your name launched into space.
The InSight Mars lander is scheduled to head to the red planet in May, but the end of the day Wednesday marks the deadline to get an official boarding pass. That means that even if you can’t get to Mars next year, your name can.
NASA is etching names onto a microchip that will be placed aboard the spacecraft. The lander, InSight, is expected to land on Mars next November.
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