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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Mars copter Ingenuity prepares to take the first powered flight on another world

Phil Plait

An astonishing image of the Ingenuity drone copter sitting on Mars, seen in the distance with the rover tracks leading away from it. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Hey Mars, what's shakin'?

Phil Plait

The Mars lander InSight will sit on the surface and measure marsquakes, heat transport, and the planet’s wobble, all to help us understand the internal structure of the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Technology

Architectural firm unveils ambitious plans for a cliff-dwelling Martian metropolis

Jeff Spry

Tag: Technology

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Mars may be sneezing out dust into the solar system that’s visible from Earth

Phil Plait

Zodiacal light, sunlight reflected off of tiny dust particles that orbit the Sun between Earth and the asteroid belt. Credit: Rogelio Bernal Andreo

Tag: Bad Astronomy

David Bowie’s 'spiders from Mars' are not alien arachnids, but still out of this world

Elizabeth Rayne

araneiforms on Mars

NASA’s totally metal space tires never go flat and are coming to your bicycle soon

Benjamin Bullard

SMART METL alloy bicycle tire

Tag: InSight Mission

NASA's Insight spacecraft measures the Red Planet's molten core for the first time

Jeff Spry

Tag: InSight Mission

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Where did the waters of Mars go? Underground. Maybe Martian life did, too.

Phil Plait

Mar 18, 2021

Artwork showing a clement, warm, and wet ancient Mars, about three billion years ago. Credit: Getty Images / Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Perseverance

Rock out to NASA's audio from the Mars Perseverance rover going for a dusty Martian drive

Benjamin Bullard

Mar 17, 2021

Perseverance First Drive

Tag: Perseverance

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Zzzzzt! Mars might be sparky

Phil Plait

Mar 15, 2021

Artwork of a Martian dust storm approaching a rover, with small lightning bolts created from electric charge built up as dust grains rub against each other. Credit: NASA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Epic Martian cloud forms every summer day around an immense volcano

Phil Plait

Mar 11, 2021

An incredibly long cloud forms every summer morning west of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons, reaching lengths of 1,800 kilometers. Credit: ESA/GCP/UPV/EHU Bilbao

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Perseverance

NASA's Perseverance rover takes first wheeled spin across Martian landscape

Benjamin Bullard

Mar 5, 2021

Perseverance First Drive

Tag: Perseverance

Ancient Martian meteorite used to see what rock-eating Martian microbes could be like

Elizabeth Rayne

Mar 3, 2021

Jezero Crater, Mars

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Phil Plait

Feb 25, 2021

The Sun sets over Jezero crater as seen by the Mars rover Perseverance on Sol 4, the fifth Martian day after it landed (landing day is Sol 0; Sol 4 was February 23, 2021). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tag: Bad Astronomy

New study believes the Milky Way is swimming with watery worlds like Earth

Jeff Spry

Feb 24, 2021

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