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New images relayed back to Earth by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter suggest that a region called Acidalia Planitia was partially sculpted by the actions of liquid water.
The area lies in the northern lowlands of Mars, in a giant basin that the ESA spacecraft has been studying for a while.... |
4 May 2012
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A long-term study of the Martian underground, conducted using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter, has revealed the makeup of lava flows and densities underneath some of the largest volcanoes on the Red Planet.
The analysis is essential for improving our understanding of how the neighboring w... |
27 April 2012
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Perfect environment for microbial life most likely existed on the surface of the Red Planet billions of years ago. A new study indicates that widespread glass fields throughout Mars' northern hemisphere may have been hot spots for life before the world lost its surface water.
According to geologists, glass san... |
26 April 2012
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During a planetary alignment that took place on January 6, 2008, researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a series of investigations meant to determine whether Earth's magnetosphere is indeed essential for our survival here. They found out that this was indeed the case.
While scientists have be... |
8 March 2012
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Scientists from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SAO) and Technical University Berlin (TUB) recently released a series of updated working models covering the properties of the gravitational field surrounding Mars' largest and closest moon, Phobos.
Like the second Martian moon, called Deimos, Phobos is ex... |
5 March 2012
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Recent investigations of the Sytris Major region on Mars have revealed an impressive area of formerly-intense volcanic activity. The calderas have been inactive for billions of years, but they do remind investigators of a time when our neighboring planet was very geologically active.
When it first formed, Mars also... |
4 February 2012
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For years, astronomers and geologists have been debating whether a surface ocean made of liquid water actually existed on the surface of Mars. The latest research on the issue demonstrates that was the case.
The argument has swung back and forth countless time, with each new investigation offering arguments for or a... |
31 January 2012
07:13 GMT |
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After suffering a series of errors last month, all related to its onboard data storage systems, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft is now slowly being returned to active scientific service. Some of its instruments have already been brought online again.
Mission controllers are working aro... |
25 November 2011
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Eons ago, the Tharsis Tholus volcano on the surface of the Red Planet may have played an important role in shaping the planetary crust at and around its location. Right now, the mountain looks as if it was pummeled to the ground with a large bat. Over countless years, erosion and space impacts brought the mountain t... |
8 November 2011
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has recently returned a new set of data, this time depicting a large cluster of relatively young craters on the surface of the Red Planet. The features are located in Ares Vallis, which is located west of the more-famous Meridiani Planum.
The images were ... |
7 October 2011
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According to the results of a new scientific study, it would appear that the atmosphere surrounding the Red Planet may contain 100 times more water than originally calculated. The finding has considerable implications for climate models seeking to explain how Mars evolved over time.
The discovery could also lead t... |
30 September 2011
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Over the past few years, more and more studies have demonstrated that liquid water once existed in abundance on the surface of the Red Planet. The latest studies from the Mars Express spacecraft image a former lakebed in detail, highlighting a fan-shaped river delta as well. In fact, it was the discovery of the fossi... |
5 September 2011
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the Mars Express orbiter has recently sent back a new set of images, which are centered on parts of the Red Planet's northern hemisphere. The photos were snapped precisely during the summer solstice on our neighboring planet. Some of them cover the pla... |
5 August 2011
08:48 GMT |
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Spring has come at the Martian south pole, experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce. They say that their Mars Express orbiter has recently snapped some images of the region, which confirm that spring has indeed made its way into those frigid regions as well. The goal of the scientific campaign conducted ... |
7 June 2011
08:45 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announces that its Martian orbiter was recently able to compile a vast set of data about Phobos, one of the two moons revolving around the Red Planet. The achievement is significant, especially given how little scientists actually know about this space object. For starters, it's n... |
12 May 2011
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) have just released a new series of images captured by the Mars Express orbiter. The datasets cover a system of deep fractures called Nili Fossae, which are located around a giant impact basin known as Isidis.
At this point, astronomers' best bet in explaining how ... |
7 May 2011
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After snatching a world record last year, the NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter has now officially turned 10. The spacecraft was launched back in 2001, and it still supplies a wealth of data about the Red Planet. Odyssey launched on April 7, 2001, from Space Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS... |
9 April 2011
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While conducting investigations in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet, the Mars Express orbiter imaged two neighboring volcanoes, that researchers say are evidence of the planet's geologically-active past. The spacecraft belongs to the European Space Agency (ESA).Volcanic activity at the two mist-capped m... |
1 April 2011
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A team of geologists and planetary scientists announces the discovery of water-ice deposits at latitudes as low as 25 degrees. The discoveries, made on the Red Planet, provide new hope that a potential manned mission to the Red Planet is possible.The finding is extremely important, because future space explorers woul... |
8 March 2011
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While conducting routine investigations above the Southern Hemisphere of the Red Planet, a spacecraft was able to collect a wealth of data and numerous images of an elongated impact crater. The amazing landscape feature was probably produced a long time ago, when a space rock impacted our neighboring planet at a shal... |
4 March 2011
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Officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the orbiter they are operating around the Red Planet, called the Mars Express, was recently able to capture new images of impact craters. These landscape features permeate the surface of our neighboring planet, and they are the results of a very tumultuous ... |
5 February 2011
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By analyzing data beamed back by the Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have finally been able to piece together a detailed history and description of the lowest-lying place on Mars. The floor of canyon-like landscape feature known as Melas Chasma is estimated to lie about 9 kilometers underneath the level of the s... |
8 October 2010
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On March 3, the European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter Mars Express conducted the closest flyby ever of the Martian moon Phobos. At the point of closest approach, the spacecraft was just 67 kilometers above the surface of this enigmatic moon, which has never been surveyed in such vivid detail before. Previous investigat... |
5 March 2010
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Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their space probe Mars Express will be conducting its closest flyby ever around the moon Phobos this Wednesday, March 3. The event is very important, as it will allow astronomers to collect a wealth of completely new data on the Martian moon, which is not ve... |
1 March 2010
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Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their orbiter, Mars Express, is about to begin its new campaign to survey the moon Phobos, one of the two companions the Red Planet has. The investigations will take place for about a month, with peak observations capabilities scheduled to be reached on Mar... |
16 February 2010
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Recent investigations of the Southern Highlands on Mars have revealed some spectacular aspects of the planet's geology. Well, they may seem like common landscapes to the untrained eye, but they are a treasure trove of information for geologists and planetary scientists, who can gather a wealth of information fro... |
3 February 2010
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The Mars Express orbiter has been in orbit around the Red Planet since Christmas Day, 2003, and has produced invaluable amounts of scientific data on our closest neighbor in the solar system. Recently, experts at the European Space Agency, which manage the mission, announced that the spacecraft had just completed its... |
29 January 2010
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has recently snapped a new series of photos of the planet's surface, revealing scarred terrain stretching for large distances, as well as several impact craters, most likely caused by asteroids that struck the planet in the past. An area roughly the size of M... |
7 November 2009
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Look at all this technology! Orbiters circling Mars, rovers running on the surface… But how many of them are able to say whether or not life was or is present on the Red Planet? None. Of course, the Beagle 2 probe carried by the Mars Express orbiter had such capabilities until contact was lost upon separation. Not mu... |
8 May 2008
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The MARSIS instrument, or the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument, on board Europe's Mars Express probe was originally designed to look for water beneath the Red Planet's surface but could also easily penetrate the ice sheet covering Jupiter's moon Europa or the surfac... |
7 May 2008
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Typical cameras on-board orbiters sent in solar system exploration missions can only map the surface of a planet or a moon. Scientists seldom get the opportunity to look under the surface of a cosmic body without actually landing a robotic mission on the respective planet, and even so it would only be effective in st... |
17 April 2008
10:28 GMT |
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The Promethei Planum was previously a subject of study for ESA's Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera, which probed it back in September 2005, while being in a high orbit around the Red Planet. Now, new observations conducted with the Mars Advanced Radar for Ionoshpere and Subsurface Sounding, or MARSIS fo... |
18 March 2008
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Although Mars doesn't look much like a planet ravaged by volcanic activity in the past, it is clear that it had to go through such a stage in its history. Now, new observations conducted with ESA's Mars Express spacecraft reveal the actions of lava flows and water on the surface, and how these molded the Ma... |
14 March 2008
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Most of the images taken by ESA's Mars Express, although extremely spectacular, usually miss critical features such as the topography of the photographed surface area, or vertical elevation of the structures and the surrounding regions. On the other hand, the High Resolution Stereo Camera on-board the Mars Expre... |
6 February 2008
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Who said Martians are evil? Maybe they are trying to tell us something... I mean, just look at the evidence: happy face on Mars in 1999, happy face on Mars in 2006, Big Foot only a few days ago and, last but no least, happy face on Mars 2008. This particular image was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context ... |
5 February 2008
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Back on 13 April 2007, during its 4199 orbit around the Red Planet, ESA's Mars Express took an image of the Terby crater, with the help of its High Resolution Stereo Camera. It seems to be presenting high scientific interest, mainly because it could hold valuable information about the role of liquid water in the... |
1 February 2008
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The same sand storm that crippled the Spirit and Opportunity Martian rovers this summer was apparently studied by the Mars Express Spacecraft orbiting our sister planet, revealing that it generated a rise in the Red Planet's temperature of about 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. The storm observed this year started deve... |
11 December 2007
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Similar to the spacecraft Mars Express, the Venus Express is a project of the European Space Agency to study Venus. The Venus Express was the first mission to Venus, since the 1994 NASA's Magellan mission, but unlike NASA's spacecraft it is not designed to take direct pictures of the planets' surface, ... |
26 November 2007
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Launched by the European Space Agency in 2003, the Mars Express was the first European spacecraft in the orbit of the Red Planet. After four years of continuous study of the planet's surface and sending countless images, this Friday the orbiter will complete its 5000th orbit around Earth's sister planet.Equ... |
23 November 2007
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Mars Advanced Radar for Substance and Ionospheric Sounding or MARSIS sent back lately some of the most exciting data ever. MARSIS is an experiment aboard the ESA's Mars Express. Originally composed of two parts, the Mars Express Orbiter and the Beagle 2 lander were designed to perform exobiology and geochemistry... |
16 November 2007
08:16 GMT |
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