But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much larger moon, which might be responsible for Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain, Michael Efroimsky, an astronomer at the U.S. Naval ...

A long-lost moon could explain Mars' unusual shape and extreme terrain, according to a new hypothesis proposed by Michael Efroimsky, an astronomer at the US Naval Observatory. In a paper submitted to ...

NASA is developing a new Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis missions to the Moon, enabling astronauts to explore ...

A photo recently beamed to Earth by NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover shows significant damage to its middle right wheel, but the ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX is looking to launch five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars over the next two years. He stated that the first crewed mission timeline will depend upon the success of the uncrewed ...

While driving across unremarkable pebbly terrain, beady-eyed team members spotted a cobble ... has a texture unlike any seen in Jezero Crater before, and perhaps all of Mars. Our knowledge of its ...

Vision-based 3D occupancy prediction is significantly challenged by the inherent limitations of monocular vision in depth estimation. This paper introduces CVT-Occ, a novel approach that leverages ...

Comprehension about how these structures emerge could uncover valuable clues about Mars. An insight into araneiform terrain Araneiform terrain comprises dark, crack-like arrangements that can ...

Mars' orbit could wobble due to primordial black holes in space Dark matter may consist of these ancient black holes Instruments can detect the wobble within the solar system ...

hoping to improve its navigation system to enable the robot to travel faster and explore more terrain once it reaches the Red Planet in 2028. During the tests, the Mars Sample Fetch Rover ...

The planetary phenomenon known as "spiders" — scientifically referred to as "araneiform terrain" — is unique to Mars and created by processes involving carbon dioxide ice. Top science and ...