which helps give Mars seasons similar to those on Earth. Whichever hemisphere is tilted closer to the sun experiences spring and summer, while the hemisphere tilted away gets fall and winter.
Despite all that, an incredibly low-tech feature on the rover is helping NASA understand Mars’ seasons and, in particular, how hard the wind blows. The planet-wide dust storm that dominated Mars ...
This makes Mars the only other planet, other than Earth, to host auroras. The presence of oxygen doesn’t mean humans will be able to breathe on Mars but it will give astronomers more insight on ...
Mars years may be longer, but the planet still has four seasons just like Earth. The new year coincides with the start of the northern equinox. That means it’s springtime in the north and autumn ...
A view of the icy hills in the Australe Scopuli region near the south pole of Mars. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—on Mars. The otherworldly landscape is, for ...
The series Mars envisages how a pioneer human settlement might function on the Red Planet To mark the second season of the television series Mars, Hollywood director Ron Howard talked to the BBC ...
which are dark linear features found on steep slopes in specific regions of Mars. RSLs display seasonal changes, appearing in warmer seasons and fading in colder seasons, in a way that is ...
which are dark linear features found on steep slopes in specific regions of Mars. RSL display seasonal changes, appearing in warmer seasons and fading in colder seasons, in a way that is ...