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This picture was taken on September 20 by HiRISE, the magnificent camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.Unfortunately Opportunity still does not give signs of life, but at least we can see it, tangible evidence that the atmosphere above Opportunity is back clear.Fingers crossed…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

How sad to see such a prestigious scientist embarrassed in front of mostly trivial and debasing questions! Professor Roberto Orosei, the first in the world to discover a lake of liquid water on Mars, deserves to be interviewed by “Journalists” much more serious and prepared, such as Silvia Rosa Brusin, rather than by simple showmen! I just don’t understand the laughing faces in the INAF… Read More »Post from September 25, 2018

A very interesting research that shows us that even in the presence of a “cold Mars”, under a layer of surface ice can be created the right conditions to support life, albeit in microbial form.Although the eternal controversy on the initial climatic conditions of Mars will drag on for decades, it seems that even in the worst case (“cold Mars” with a temperature that does… Read More »According to new research, Mars anciently had the right conditions to support life underground

In this shot of Mars Express performed on January 27 but published only today, we can observe two almost parallel fractures about 1000 km long.The area portrayed is Cerberus Fossae in the region of Elysium Planitia, about 10° north of the equator and between 2 and 5 km below the average altitude of the planet.The estimated age of these fractures is “only” 10 million years,… Read More »Recent tectonic activity on Mars

Image taken on September 2, 2018 by the CaSSIS camera aboard the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission of the Ariadne Colles region at 34º south latitude.The peculiarity of this photo lies in the high number of dark tracks, here interpreted as the traces left by a myriad of dust devils “perhaps” present during this year’s global storm.Too bad that no one has yet… Read More »Traces left by dust devils on Mars

On September 2, 2018, the CaSSIS camera aboard the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter probe took a series of images to compose this beautiful one of a crater located at about 68° south latitude in the Sisyphi Planum region.This crater contains numerous active gullies in addition to seasonal ice.Although the ESA caption strangely refers to the presence of dry ice, I want to point out… Read More »Frozen crater on Mars

Using the MARCI color camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to measure the optical opacity of the Martian atmosphere (slang for “Tau”), a value below 1.5 was found twice in a row!Opportunity needs Tau to be at least less than 2 to allow it to reactivate, assuming it is still able to do so, so all possible procedures have been triggered to regain… Read More »The sky is brightening over the Opportunity rover Update September 11, 2018 11:45 p.m. CEST

A beautiful overview! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.