Hera Asteroid Probe Spots Mysterious Martian Moon During Flyby
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target. During its brief rendezvous with the Red Planet, Hera caught a glimpse of the less-seen side of Mars’ smaller, tidally-locked moon as it orbited its home planet.
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ESA Scientists Reveal Mysterious Image of Thousands of ‘Black Spiders’ Crawling on Mars’ SurfaceMars has long captivated scientists and space enthusiasts alike with its alien landscapes and dramatic climate shifts. Now, fresh images from ESA’s Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter have ...
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Scientists Make a Big Breakthrough on How Mars Got Its Red Color, Findings Indicate It Had Life-Forming ElementsScientists Make a Big Breakthrough on How Mars Got Its Red Color, Findings Indicate It Had Life-Forming Elements Mars's red ...
The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for our understanding of Mars' evolution.
Mars’s red dust may contain ferrihydrite, an iron mineral that forms in water. This suggests ancient Mars had water for ...
Mars’s signature red hue may not be due to hematite, as previously believed, but rather to ferrihydrite — an iron oxide that requires water to form. Using a combination of spacecraft data and ...
Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the study.
Qi Zhang, a doctoral student at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, explores in her doctoral thesis ...
Kaolinite is a soft, earthy, usually white, mineral produced by the chemical weathering of aluminium silicate minerals like ...
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