Possibly in the next 40 million years Mars may develop a ring around it. NASA says that it is quite possible because the moon Phobos of Mars is getting closer to the planet. It is on a collision course where instead of it colliding with the planet it will break up and make a ring around it. Another theory is […]
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We may be closer to discovering life on Mars from the finding of some depressions on the surface of the planet. Researchers have found some ice cauldrons that may have the ingredients to contain life. These funnels were found in the Galaxias Fossae Region and Hellas Basin areas several years ago. In order to have these formations they need to […]
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Researchers have found water on Mars in a reservoir of salty, liquid water measuring about 12 miles across and almost a mile deep on the planets south pole. This may not be the only one of the planet and it could be the source of more information regarding life on this planet. Over a billion years ago this planet may […]
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Long ago, in the largest canyon system in our solar system, vibrations from “marsquakes” shook soft sediments that had accumulated in Martian lakes. The shaken sediments formed features that now appear as a series of low hills apparent in a geological map based on NASA images. The map was released today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This map of […]
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On July 31st, 2018 Mars will be the closest to the Earth than it’s been since 2003. It won’t pass this close to Earth again until September 15th, 2035. So mark the date, and be sure to check it out. In the days leading up to the event known as a Mars Close Approach, Mars will seem brighter in the […]
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