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Finally, the proof of the existence of a lake of liquid water under the surface of Mars will put the word “end” to a project that I have repeatedly defined as insulting and wicked, that is the human colonization of Mars!Elon Musk and Robert Zubrin, put it away and look for other “stories” to tell to your naive proselytes, you have only made a big… Read More »Sorry Elon Musk, but now it is clear that the colonization of Mars is not feasible and moreover it is a bad idea

Several videos to present the “behind the scenes” of the InSight mission, including: Troy Hudson ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubrbfpz_2pI Marleen Sundgaard ==> https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZkEUywAiexM Ravi Prakash ==> https://youtube.com/watch?v=_9A_xHPOQCU This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Procedures begin to recover the functionality of Opportunity, now in hibernation for more than six weeks… This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

With this ugly fall of style, Bruce Campbell of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and member of the team assigned to the SHARAD instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, commented on the Italian discovery of the lake on Mars released yesterday. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

This research (announced yesterday by the “historic” ASI press conference) is causing an uproar, especially at NASA where there is already a chorus of “skeptics” who demand more evidence … …or maybe they are a bit burned by the fact that they were not the ones to make this discovery!As a matter of fact, not long ago, NASA tried to reinterpret old radar surveys of… Read More »Radar evidence for the presence of subglacial liquid water on Mars

A team of scientists led by Roberto Orosei of the National Institute of Astrophysics has discovered a basin of liquid, brackish water in the depths of Mars’ South Pole. It is the first confirmed underground lake on the Red Planet. The result, obtained with Esa’s Mars Express probe, will be published tomorrow on Science…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Hydrogen atoms emitted by the Sun are deprived of their electron by the ionosphere of Mars, thus giving rise to a shower of protons able to generate a particular type of red aurora!For a change… This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

On July 25 at 16.00 will be held at the Italian Space Agency (ASI) the press conference to present an important scientific discovery concerning Mars, made by an all-Italian team led by the National Institute of Astrophysics. The news will be published in the scientific journal Science. The discovery was made possible thanks to the use of the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and… Read More »An Incredible Scientific Discovery on Mars Will Be Announced Wednesday By ASI

Despite a somewhat poor visibility, it seems that the first surface details of Mars are beginning to reappear, an indication that the atmosphere is becoming transparent again and therefore the global storm is ending.Those who wanted to take advantage of this opposition to see Mars through a telescope should not lose hope…. This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.