They say Mars is a world of ghosts—rusty, silent, and still, yet hiding secrets that could shake our understanding of the cosmos. For generations, we’ve pointed our telescopes, sent our robots, and dreamed about walking on that ochre soil. But why do we keep returning, again and again, to this cold desert planet? There’s something ...
It’s hard not to feel a shiver of excitement when thinking about lightning crackling through a volcanic ash cloud—nature’s fireworks, wild and unpredictable. But what if these electrifying displays on Earth hold secrets to the mysteries of weather on Mars? Scientists are now turning their attention to volcanic lightning, hoping it will unlock answers about ...
Imagine standing on the rusty surface of Mars, gazing across a landscape carved by winding channels and mysterious valleys. It’s hard not to feel a jolt of wonder: What worlds of water once flowed here, and what secrets do these ancient riverbeds still hold? For decades, scientists have been captivated (and sometimes haunted) by the ...
A pair of cosmic oddballs, tumbling through the rusty Martian sky, have captured the imagination of astronomers and dreamers alike. Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ tiny and mysterious moons, look nothing like our own Moon. Instead, they resemble dark, battered potatoes racing around the Red Planet, shrouded in secrets and speculation. Are these moons ancient Martian ...
Imagine this: We launch a shiny rocket into the cold black of space, a marvel of human engineering, carrying not only our dreams of discovery but also stowaways too tiny to see. As the spacecraft hurtles toward Mars, invisible hitchhikers—microbes from Earth—cling to its surfaces, tucked into every nook and cranny. When that probe lands ...
The night sky of June is expected to show a pair of amazing conjunctions one with the elusive Mercury and the other with a remarkably near encounter between the Moon and Mars. These events serve as a reminder of the clockwork accuracy of our solar system and an opportunity to see planetary motions that even ...
