Chinese Mars rover makes pioneering discovery: Traces of recent water activity found on Red Planet

May 01, 2023, at 04:16 am

The Zhurong rover, a fully automated robot from China that arrived on Mars in 2021, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting signs of recent water activity on the Red Planet.

NASA successfully launches ingenuity helicopter from Mars's surface

Apr 19, 2021, at 11:00 pm

Moscow/Sputnik:  Engineers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have successfully launched the Ingenuity helicopter from Mars's surface, the first controlled, powered flight conducted on another planet.

UAE's Hope Probe sends first image of Mars

Feb 15, 2021, at 01:00 am

Dubai/IBNS: UAE's "Hope" probe has sent the first image of Mars the national space agency said Sunday, after it entered the atmosphere of the red planet on Tuesday.

Planet Mars closest to Earth on Oct 6: PSI Director

Oct 05, 2020, at 09:19 pm

Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Mars will be closest and it can get to Earth on Tuesday.

New scientific study suggests evidence of liquid water bodies under surface of Mars

Sep 29, 2020, at 10:50 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: A new scientific study has put forward evidence of the presence of bodies of water under the surface of Mars, with these findings potentially offering crucial insights into whether there is life on the planet.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy launches rocket carrying UAE's Mars orbiter

Jul 20, 2020, at 02:15 pm

Tokyo/Xinhua: Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Monday launched a rocket carrying a Mars orbiter developed by the United Arab Emirates.

NASA InSight Lander 'hears' Martian winds

Dec 08, 2018, at 05:19 pm

NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds will be held today at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST).

NASA InSight Lander arrives on Martian surface to learn what lies beneath

Nov 27, 2018, at 08:58 am

Washington, Nov 27 (IBNS): Mars has just received its newest robotic resident.

Saturn and Mars team up to make their closest approaches to Earth in 2018

Jul 27, 2018, at 09:26 am

Washington, July 27 (IBNS): NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed Saturn and Mars near their closest approaches to Earth in June and July 2018.

Italian researchers find first lake of water on Mars

Jul 25, 2018, at 11:01 pm

Tampa, USA, July 25 (IBNS): In an unprecedented discovery, a massive underground lake has been detected on Mars for the first time.

NASA releases image of 'Mars' crawling on Mars surface

Jul 16, 2018, at 08:32 pm

Washington, July 16 (IBNS): An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, "spiders" begin to emerge from the landscape.

Lunar eclipse on July 27-28, can be seen from all parts of India

Jul 13, 2018, at 03:50 pm

New Delhi, July 13 (IBNS): A total lunar eclipse will occur on July 27-28, 2018 with a totality duration of 1 hour 43 minutes.

NASA finds ancient organic material, mysterious methane on Mars

Jun 08, 2018, at 09:59 am

Washington, June 8 (IBNS): NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet.

Mars helicopter to fly on NASA’s next red planet rover mission

May 12, 2018, at 09:31 pm

Washington, May 12 (IBNS):  NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars.

NASA’s first mission to study the interior of Mars awaits May 5 launch

May 04, 2018, at 01:45 pm

Washington, May 4 (IBNS): All systems are go for NASA’s next launch to the Red Planet.

NASA finds a large amount of water in an exoplanet's atmosphere

Mar 03, 2018, at 03:09 pm

Washington, Mar 3 (IBNS): Much like detectives study fingerprints to identify the culprit, scientists used NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to find the “fingerprints” of water in the atmosphere of a hot, bloated, Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 light-years away.

Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars

Mar 01, 2018, at 03:01 pm

Washington, Mar 1 (IBNS): NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal secrets of the Red Planet

Feb 21, 2018, at 03:35 pm

Washington, Feb 21 (IBNS): The planet Mars has fascinated scientists for over a century. 

NASA builds its next Mars Rover Mission

Nov 30, 2017, at 01:34 am

Washington, Nov 29 (IBNS): In just a few years, NASA's next Mars rover mission will be flying to the Red Planet.

Earthworms can reproduce in Mars soil simulant, finds study

Nov 28, 2017, at 09:18 pm

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): Two young worms are the first offspring in a Mars soil experiment at Wageningen University & Research. Biologist Wieger Wamelink found them in a Mars soil simulant that he obtained from NASA. At the start he only added adult worms.

Mars might be drier than previously thought, finds study

Nov 22, 2017, at 12:13 am

London, Nov 21 (IBNS): Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new study.

Next Mars Rover will have 23 'eyes': NASA

Nov 01, 2017, at 09:29 pm

Washington, Nov 1 (IBNS): When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five cameras: two on a mast that popped up from the lander, and three on NASA's first rover, Sojourner.  

Solar eruptions could electrify Martian Moons

Oct 19, 2017, at 07:17 pm

Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): Powerful solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of the Martian moon Phobos to hundreds of volts, presenting a complex electrical environment that could possibly affect sensitive electronics carried by future robotic explorers, according to a new NASA study.

Scientists solve mystery of blinking brown dwarfs

Aug 19, 2017, at 01:00 am

New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds -- specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust.

Scientists shortlist three landing sites for Mars 2020

Feb 13, 2017, at 02:40 pm

Washington, Feb 13 (IBNS): Participants in a landing site workshop for NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission have recommended three locations on the Red Planet for further evaluation.

Small troughs growing on Mars may become 'Spiders'

Dec 21, 2016, at 03:35 pm

Washington, Dec 21 (IBNS): Erosion-carved troughs that grow and branch during multiple Martian years may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian "spiders," which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of Mars.

Mars rock-ingredient stew seen as plus for habitability

Dec 14, 2016, at 01:56 pm

Washington, Dec 14 (IBNS): NASA's Curiosity rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ago, creating more diverse chemical environments that affected their favorability for microbial life.

NASA Space Robotics Challenge prepares robots for journey to Mars

Aug 18, 2016, at 02:09 am

California, Aug 17 (IBNS): NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has opened registration for a new competition -- the Space Robotics Challenge.

NASA selects five Mars orbiter concept studies

Jul 19, 2016, at 05:20 am

California, July 18 (IBNS) NASA has selected five U.S. aerospace companies to conduct concept studies for a potential future Mars orbiter mission.

NASA's next Mars rover progresses toward 2020 launch

Jul 17, 2016, at 05:01 am

California, July 16 (IBNS) After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.