Martian Science

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Fast Facts The image was acquired during the spacecraft's 8399th orbit around Mars. The Mars Express HRSC captured an image of the eastern Ophir Chasma, the northernmost part of the Valles Marineris canyon system. Overhead, light and wispy cirrus clouds can be seen drifting. We selected this

Fast Facts One of the Lab team's researchers usually photographs Earth landscapes outside of the lab, but we've never seen anything like this. It's so alien. This photo shows many shallow pits in the bright cap of carbon dioxide ice, often called the "Swiss cheese terrain." A deeper, circular hol

Fast Facts Martian Landscape: The left side of the image captures Mars's rugged terrain, showcasing layered rock formations. This striking geology provides insights into the planet’s ancient history and the processes that have shaped its surface over billions of years. Shale: The rock layers in t

Fast Facts On Sol 2410, Curiosity's NavCam captured images of Noctilucent clouds on Mars. These high-altitude water ice clouds form around the vaporized remnants of small meteoroids and are only visible around sunset. Such cloods are common during the northern hemisphere's spring because the atm

Straight to the point A mighty dust storm sweeps through the north polar dune fields of Olympia Planum, triggered by the passage of a polar cold front during late Martian summer. During this phase of the Martian year, the northern polar cap undergoes rapid shrinkage, generating a pool of cold air

Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Fast Facts 15,361st Orbit: This photograph captured by ESA's mighty Mars Express spacecraft during its 15,361st orbit around the Red Planet reveals the colossal Argyre Basin.  This deep, sprawling basin is a scar etched onto the Martian su

Fast Facts Viking Lander 2 took a high-resolution colour photo of the surface of Mars on May 18, 1979, at its Utopia Planitia landing site. The photo shows a thin coating of water ice on the rocks and soil. Scientists believe that dust particles in the atmosphere pick up bits of solid water and

Straight to the point This stunning High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) image was captured during Mars Express' 14,125th orbit of the red planet. It showcases the Martian north polar region, revealing the imposing north polar cap, a striking bank of stratocumulus clouds over Borealis Planitia,