23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
.... "It's important to expand what we know about the distribution and quantity of Martian water," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Deputy Project Scientist Leslie Tamppari, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. "We know early...
27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
...Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), reveal that the mostly dry, dusty planet is emerging from an ice age, that ended about 400,000 years ago. Models have suggested that Mars...The retreat and regrowth of polar ice on Mars is due to the increased tilt of ...
04 May 2016
Martian minerals point to subglacial volcanoes
New evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that billions of years ago, volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today. These findings not only help show ...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
.... The results were then compared with original images taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. According to lead digital design researcher Nick Higgett of De Montfort University, the techniques were as close...
27 May 2019
Third largest water reservoir on Mars found
... of ice and sand in an area where they are exposed on the surface of Mars. The photograph, taken with the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, was adjusted to show water ice as light-colored layers and sand as darker...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... scientist in astronomy and principal investigator at the Center of Astrobiology, Madrid. Using a suite of instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, namely the CTX (Context Camera), High Resolution Imaging System Experiment (HiRISE) images and...
