After 11 years Mars will come closest to Earth on May 30
This close distance will make the Red planet appear slightly bigger and brighter than the usual in the sky.
May 29, 2016, 16:02 PM IST
Mars once hosted habitable environments, reveals study!
"Identification of these ancient carbonates and clays on Mars represents a window into history when the climate on Mars was very different from the cold and dry desert of today," said Janice Bishop of the SETI Institute in the US.
May 25, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
Watch: New Hubble portrait of Red Planet ahead of Mars Opposition this weekend!
The telescope, well known for its picturesque views of nebulae and galaxies, imaged this image on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50 million miles from Earth.
May 20, 2016, 15:48 PM IST
Mars Opposition on May 22, 2016: How to view as planet appears at its brightest in over a decade!
On Sunday, May 22, Mars, Earth and the sun will all line up, with Earth directly in the middle.
May 17, 2016, 14:25 PM IST
Volcanoes erupted beneath ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago
The new findings could help reveal if the Martian environment had flowing water and was once habitable.
May 04, 2016, 11:35 AM IST
From Jupiter to Mars: Five amazing things to know about our solar system!
Here are some amazing things you must know about our solar system this week.
Apr 26, 2016, 15:59 PM IST
Four Indian teams to compete in NASA's rover challenge
The rover challenge requires student teams to design, construct, test and race human-powered rovers through an obstacle course that simulates the terrain potentially found on distant planets, asteroids or moons.
Apr 04, 2016, 12:27 PM IST
How wind created mile-high mounds on Mars
Wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years, say researchers, suggesting that their location can help pin down when water on the Red Planet dried up during a global climate change event.
Apr 01, 2016, 12:17 PM IST
New Mars gravity map reveals chilling details – Watch!
Gravity maps allow us to see inside a planet, just as a doctor uses an X-ray to see inside a patient, says scientist.
Mar 22, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
Russia-Europe rocket blasts off on mission seeking life on Mars
Russia`s Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT according to plan.
Mar 14, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
NASA's Mars rover spots sandstone nodule on Mount Sharp, Mars- See pic!
The US space agency NASA's Mars Curiosity Mars rover has spotted an individual grains of sand and laminations from the sandstone deposit in which the nodule formed on Mount Sharp, Mars.
Mar 13, 2016, 11:43 AM IST
Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars
Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars' atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.
Mar 12, 2016, 11:13 AM IST
When comet flyby wreaked havoc around Mars!
MAVEN’s sensitive magnetometer showed that the comet flyby threw Mars' magnetic field into chaos and the effect was profound although temporary.
Mar 11, 2016, 20:01 PM IST
NASA reschedules, announces possible Red Planet probe in 2018!
The spacecraft launch that was supposed to happen this month had to be delayed due to a vacuum leak in its prime science instrument in December.
Mar 10, 2016, 08:45 AM IST
NASA invites India to jointly explore Mars, send astronauts
This is of direct benefit be it for India or California where we see tectonic activity.
Feb 28, 2016, 10:06 AM IST
If there really is life on Mars, how would it be? NASA carries out life-detection drill!
As per NASA, despite being considerably warmer than Mars, the extreme dryness the soil chemistry in the Atacama Desert are remarkably similar to that of the Red Planet.
Feb 27, 2016, 11:20 AM IST
See pic: NASA's Mars rover Opportunity scales challenging terrains!
Opportunity is NASA's senior rover, which has been on Mars for 12 years now.
Feb 26, 2016, 10:38 AM IST
See pic - Jarosite in the Noctis Labyrinthus region of Mars!
The image was acquired on November 24, 2015 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Feb 20, 2016, 10:56 AM IST
See pic: Call for further study after discovery of baboon-like creature on Mars!
Most of these findings, however, were made by UFO Sightings Daily editor Scott C Waring, who spends hours prowling through images of Mars released by NASA, thanks to Curiosity.
Feb 09, 2016, 15:00 PM IST
See pic: Sandy selfie from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover!
NASA has recently released a new image of its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars.
Jan 30, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
