A unique phenomenon that could be mistaken for spiders scuttling across the planet's surface has been spotted on Mars, according to the European Space Agency. The ESA said in a news release that ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured images of spiders on Mars.

Atmospheric Pressure Changes Could Be Driving Mars' Elusive Methane Pulses Jan. 24, 2024 — New research shows that atmospheric pressure fluctuations that pull gases up from underground could be ...

April showers bring May flowers on Earth — but on Mars, spring brings surface "spiders ... ESA officials said in the statement. "It could be that sand dunes have turned to stone over time.

The team suggests the Mars methane is trapped beneath a crust of solidified salt within the regolith at Gale. Warm daytime temperatures could weaken the crust, allowing methane to slip out at night.

which could have left high walls of sediment behind as they retreated. In 2002, however, the Mars Orbiter revealed that Inca City is part of a circular feature approximately 53 miles (86 km ...

That’s a huge task, so much current work involves exploring just what we could achieve with today’s technology. In the case of Mars, [Casey Handmer] doesn’t have a plan to terraform the ...

Without more funding, according to NASA, Mars Sample Return could dip into money allocated for projects at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other centers.

The ridges could also be winding structures related to glaciers called eskers. This oblique perspective view looks across a part of Mars nicknamed Inca City (formally named Angustus Labyrinthus).

Nasa has admitted it cannot afford to bring back Mars samples that could prove life once existed on the red planet. Since 2022, Nasa’s Perseverance Rover has been drilling into the Martian ...

Nasa has admitted it cannot afford to bring back Mars samples that could prove life once existed on the red planet. Since 2022, Nasa’s Perseverance Rover has been drilling into the Martian surface, ...