Mars InSight

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Are Martian moons Phobos and Deimos chunks of a larger, older satellite?

By Jeff Spry 11 months ago

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Hey Mars, what's shakin'?

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

The rover Curiosity took this series of images of the Martian moon Phobos transiting the Sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.

Martian eclipses can be detected on a lander's… seismograph?

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

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Mars sounds weird

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Details of an image from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter showing dust devil tracks. Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Mars: A world both familiar and alien

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Sunrise (left) and sunset (right) on Mars from the viewpoint of Mars InSight, taken on April 24/25, 2019. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars InSight sees a sunrise and sunset on the Red Planet

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Your weather update, straight from Mars, courtesy NASA’s Mars InSight lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Your daily Mars forecast: Fatally cold, with some light winds

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

A “selfie” of the Mars InSight lander, using 11 images taken by a camera mounted on a mobile robotic arm. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars InSight: Pix from the ground and from space

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Distant galaxies pepper this deep infrared image of the sky, the first taken by Hubble after being reactivated after several weeks of being in safe mode due to a busted gyro. This image has been enlarged and slightly contrast-enhanced from original.

Beginnings

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Minutes before reaching the surface, the Mars InSight lander must pass through the Martian atmosphere at high speed, ramming the air and heating up like a meteor. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars InSight lands on the Red Planet today! Here's how it'll happen.

By Phil Plait 3 years ago