The Indian space probe, Mars Orbiter Mission has reached the red planet. This is a momentous day for the struggling nation, this shows that anyone can reach into space if they have the money and the determination to achieve greatness. Mars has always been a mystery ever since the first people to see the red … Read more
This is a strange object photographed in the Martian sky. Could this be a photographic anomaly or is it an Unidentified Flying Object. Someone might know what this is but I am not sure. Make up your own mind about this strange object. The high resolution version of this image was here; but now it … Read more
The Polar Vortex weather event is freezing America as I write this, but the media are saying that it is as cold as the surface of Mars. This is wrong. Mars is very cold at night due to the thin atmosphere. Mars` atmosphere is as thin as ours at 100,000 feet. This means that the … Read more
There is an ambitious plan to send colonists to Mars to begin the conquest of the red planet. I am not sure if this is a good idea, it would take years to get to the red planet and the radiation you would be exposed to on the way is extreme considering the activity of … Read more
After an experiment conducted on Earth microbes that were taken out of permafrost and put into an environment that is a replica of the Martian atmosphere; some of the microbes had survived the exposure to very low oxygen levels and the cold. This means that there could be simple lifeforms on Mars. In the future … Read more
This is the first colour photograph taken by the Curiosity rover sent by NASA. This photograph is taken with a new high-resolution camera called the Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. This imaging device can resolve super-small details when the camera is up close to an interesting object.
This is a nice photograph of the scenery near the rover. This gives a good view of the tread on the tyres and the large hill in the distance.
The Curiosity rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, this is another successful landing for NASA, exploring the Red Planet and bringing to light more of the secrets held by Mars. Life could have existed on the surface of the planet long ago, but the change of the climate has killed off any … Read more
India are planning to send a probe to Mars, this will only be an orbiting probe to take photos of the surface of Mars and send them back to Earth. This is very interesting, with the tech boom in India, they are really moving ahead, the formerly third world country is now accelerating into the … Read more
The NASA Curiosity rover is due to land on the Martian surface and bring us many new images of the Martian surface. This craft is travelling at over 13,000 Miles an hour and it needs to be able to slow down to a full stop before it creates a new crater on the dusty Martian … Read more
The space race is heating up, there are a few private enterprise spacecraft that have been unveiled and the Moon looks like a likely destination in the future. In the 1980`s we had a more hopeful vision of the future, it did not include terrorism and constant warfare. But with the successful docking of the … Read more
The colonization of the planet Mars will not be a quick process despite movies like Red Planet that displayed a terraforming method that used algae to create oxygen in the atmosphere. That could work, but it would not be a very fast process. With the recent announcement of plans for asteroid mining sometime in the … Read more
The strange cloud of dust or smoke that is high in the atmosphere of Mars is quite a mystery, it could be a volcanic eruption or an ejection of matter due to an asteroid impact. This is up to 300 KM in height, you can see it reach maximum altitude and then spread out in … Read more