In this sweeping view, the 10 kilometer-wide crater Heimdall lies on the north polar plains of Mars. But the bright spot highlighted in the inset is the Phoenix lander parachuting toward the surface. The amazing picture was captured on May 25th by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Fears that the US would be left without a top-notch particle accelerator have been allayed, at least for now, by a new report
If life ever got going on Mars, it may have been exterminated 4 billion years ago by a buildup of salt, a mineral analysis suggests
Radiocarbon dating of human cremations suggests that, in its earliest phase, the monument was primarily a place of burial
The Phoenix probe’s arm should begin digging into the Martian surface next week, delivering samples of soil and ice to the lander for analysis
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens.
What is that white arch over the water?
Phoenix will use its newly freed arm to look under its belly - it will check that its feet are planted firmly on the Martian soil
The shuttle Discovery is set to launch on Saturday it will bring a new Japanese lab and a critical toilet pump to the International Space Station
