Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.
The entire progression will be observed by the ESA’s orbiters the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter as well as NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which will utilize the cutting edge HiRISA ...
Curiosity is exploring Mars’ boxwork terrain, where ridges and hollows may have formed from cementation and erosion. The ...
Three years ago, on 14 March 2016, the Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS started its journey to Mars with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. The camera system developed at the University of Bern has ...
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover managed to capture fascinating images of charged particles from a solar storm that hit the planet back in May. The recently shared images show white specks entering the ...
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HiRISE, the most powerful camera to leave Earth's orbit, will take ultra-sharp photographs that cover 3.5-mile-wide swaths of the Martian landscape, returning images with a 20,000-by-60,000 pixel ...
It’s a long way from Tempe to Jupiter, but a thermal camera built at Arizona State University is on its way. First though, it made a crucial detour at Mars, millions of miles from the quiet lab where ...
If all goes as planned Friday, the University of Arizona's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) will begin doing for Mars a little of what Google Earth has done for the home planet.