Brilliant photoblog The Big Picture shares amazing images of the landscape of Mars — apparently
Science Buzz You may have your #1 spot on Google, but will anyone know your name when the aliens come? Maybe, if you sign up with NASA to send your name (and zip code) to Mars.
NASA unveiled a new service today where you could add your name to a list that will be included in the next shuttle to Mars, and two reddit users took advantage of the oppurtunity to make their voices heard.
Science Buzz After a five-year long alcohol-induced slumber, NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter awoke yesterday, wondering, “Woah, Universe, where am I?” Hope you slept well, sweet prince. Now just dust off those space rays and get back to work.
Science Buzz NASA, ever coy, officially announced they might have found life on Mars. That, or the planet is geologically active. But probably there is biological life there! Maybe. Sorry David Bowie, you have to keep wondering.
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Whip out your 3D glasses and take in the topology of the surface of Mars. These 362 new images of Mars from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Red Planet's surface in unprecedented detail.
Science Buzz NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has finished its mission and powered down, and science fans will mourn its passing. As fall turns to winter on the Martian surface, the Lander will be buried in carbon dioxide ice as temperatures plummet. Its batteries are dead and the robot, which discovered the first proof of ice on Mars, has stopped transmitting. Farewell, sweet prince.
It’s Phoenix as you’ve never seen her before, fully naked and completely see-through! NASA must have released these after a rather rough break-up, because sharing your private collection of Space Porn is most undoubtedly the ultimate revenge act.
Is this a dust storm on the Martian surface, or mud pots in the Bolivian highlands? Sometimes Earth and Mars aren’t as different as they seem.
Science Buzz The NASA Phoenix Mars mission says they’ve found proof of water on the Red Planet. Small white patches that the Phoenix lander discovered when digging into the Martian soil earlier this week have shrunk, and bits of debris in the trench have disappeared, which NASA says could only mean they were ice.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera orbiting Mars snapped a stunning shot of the Earth and the moon. Depending on your mood, this could either be inspiring or terrifying — ‘tis a mighty small speck we circle on.
NASA’s Mars rover Spirit (from 2005) sent back a nice sunset picture from the Red Planet. It looks like parts of Nevada, only minus the clouds, vegetation, or casino on the horizon.
Science Buzz The NASA Mars explorer has safely landed on the Red Planet’s north pole, where it will search for life. You can follow it on Twitter!