New Mars Photo Shows Countless Worm-Like Dunes on the Red Planet
A newly released image from the surface of Mars has revealed an abundance of odd, squiggly worm-shaped dunes around the red planet’s southern hemisphere. Dunes are scattered across Mars’ sandy surface, and the newly-released NASA photo shows just how odd the formations look when snapped from above. The picture, taken by the space agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a huge … Continue reading
Mars Volcano, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of activity. The last volcanic activity there ceased about 50 million years ago — around the time of Earth’s Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, when large numbers of our planet’s plant and animal species … Continue reading
5 Events that Will Change the Solar System
5 EVENTS TO CHANGE THE SOLAR SYSTEM No. 5 – Ringed Mars: New research has determined that Mars might one day kill its nearest moon, Phobos, which is just 22 kilometers (14 mi) wide. With every passing century, the orbit of Phobos shrinks and brings it closer to Mars by 2 meters. Ultimately, this moon will break apart from tidal … Continue reading
Research Reveals Potatoes Actually Can Grow Outside on Mars
It should be possible to grow potatoes and other vegetables on Mars. Image Credit: NASA A new research satellite has revealed that it is possible to grow tubers in the conditions found on Mars. In the 2015 movie ‘The Martian’, Matt Damon finds himself stranded on the Red Planet and relies on growing potatoes in the Martain soil to help … Continue reading
‘Mars One Colony Humans’ May Quickly Evolve in the Martian Environment, Biologist Claims
An evolutionary biologist has suggested that human colonists on Mars could go through rapid evolution, eventually becoming an entirely new human species. Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist with Rice University and the author of “Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution,” wrote on Nautilus that humans on Mars would be subjected to the “founder effect,” a phenomenon in … Continue reading
Discovery of Oldest Earth Fossil Provides Strongest Evidence Yet that Similar Organisms Could Have Evolved on Mars
It’s life, but not as we know it. The oldest fossil ever discovered on Earth shows that organisms were thriving 4.2 billion years ago, hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. The microscopic bacteria, which were smaller than the width of a human hair, were found in rock formations in Quebec, Canada, but would have lived in hot … Continue reading
NASA Working on Plans to Help Mars Grow Its Atmosphere Using Magnetic Shield
The Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop is happening right now at NASA headquarters in Washington DC. The workshop is meant to discuss ambitious space projects that could be realized, or at least started, by 2050. One of the most enticing ideas came this morning from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director. In a talk titled, “A Future Mars Environment … Continue reading
Earth’s Climate Change Caused by Solar Fluctuations, Orbits of Earth and Mars According to New Study
A new study produced by a University of Wisconsin-Madison geoscientist and Northwestern astrophysicist links global warming/climate change and the earth’s temperature fluctuations to the amount of solar radiation, in part caused by small changes in the orbits of Earth and Mars. In an article summarizing the scientists’ findings, which were originally published this week in the journal Nature, the University … Continue reading
Astronomer Claims The Human Race Descended from Martian ALIENS
Seth Shostak, director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) institute, says life as we know it may have come from Mars. He claims an asteroid collided with the red planet and flung dirt across space to Earth. Shostak said: “It’s possible that billions of years ago, tiny bits of biology quit the Red Planet and infected ours. “If so, … Continue reading
Insect Found on Curiosity Rover?
Amazing Mars Anomaly discovered by Curiosity Rover Sol 1419 Curiosity Right Mastcam (M-100), NASA has many tactics for covering up life forms on Mars, often adding a color tint on all their images so that anything colorful on Mars doesn’t pop out and that we will notice right away, by enhancing this image we are now able to see right … Continue reading
