Ss:Mars

Mars Places in the News
See Also Space Places in the News
 * ALH 84001 -
 * Valles Marineris -
 * Hebes Chasma -
 * Tharsis Plateau -
 * Block Island -
 * Meridiani Planum -
 * Endeavour Crater -
 * Victoria Crater -
 * Ma'adim Valley -
 * Hellas Basin (Jul) -
 * Hale Crater (Sep) -
 * Athabasca Valles (Jul) -
 * Troy -
 * Home Plate -
 * Proctor Crater -
 * Shalbatana Vallis -
 * Purgatory Dune -
 * Endurance Crater -
 * Duck Bay -
 * Lyot Crater (May) -
 * Ariadnes Colles (Apr) -

THEMIS Used to Track Dust Storms (Apr 09)

 * http://asunews.asu.edu/20090416_marsdust

THEMIS Mars Odyssey Features on Google Earth (May 09)

 * http://asunews.asu.edu/20090528_marsphoto

Migration (Jun 09)

 * http://asunews.asu.edu/20090622_marsminerals

Mars Odyssey Reaches New Orbit to See Warmer Areas (Jul 09)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090703-mars-odyssey-orbit-shift.html

Chaotic Terrain in Ariadnes Colles (Apr 09)

 * http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM8JKANJTF_index_0.html

Mars Express Finds Ancient Lava and Tectonic at Ma'adim Vallis (Jul 09)

 * http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMQU2E3GXF_index_0.html

Spirit Gets Stuck (May 09)

 * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104447711

Dust Devil Caught During Panorama (Jul 09)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2223

Spirit Does Science While Stuck at "Troy" (Jun 09)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-102
 * http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090625-mars-rover.html

Clingy Mars Dust (Jul 09)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327174.300-clingy-martian-dust-guilty-as-charged.html

Science Results from Victoria Crater Stay In (May 09)
Water once flowed beneith Meridiani and crater walls eroded by wind.
 * http://astronomynow.com/090524VictoriagiveOpportunityviewintoMarsgeologichistory.html
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/science/26obmars.html?_r=1&ref=space
 * http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090521-mars-rover-victoria-crater.html
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/cu-wwa052109.php
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090521-mars-cold-wet.html
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/may/HQ_09-117_MER_Victoria_Crater.html

Victoria Crater From Space (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1206382/NASA-captures-vivid-shot-sand-dune-Martian-crater.html
 * http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gT2s72PTBSCNSMTS4Wm-e0Ek6Qyg
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090813-mars-crater.html
 * http://uanews.org/node/26767
 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-122

Meteor Fragments Found South of Victoria Crater (Jun 09)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17254-rusty-space-rocks-could-signal-mars-water.html

MRO Finds Clays in Endeavor Crater, Beckons Opportunity Rover (Jul 09)

 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0907/19opportunity/

Block Island Meteor Shows Mars Atmosphere Thicker (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/14/MNJS1989OR.DTL
 * http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/18/mars-meteorite-atmosphere.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090811-mars-meteorite-opportunity.html
 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/52642607.html
 * http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/2009-a-space-oddity-in-mystery-mars-rock-20090804-e8om.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17553-beachballsized-rock-is-largest-meteorite-found-on-mars.html
 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0908/03meteorite/
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090803-opportunity-meteorite.html
 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0908/05meteorite/

Rivers May Have Run More Recently (1 BYA) (May 09)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090514-mars-rivers.html

First Ancient Martian Shoreline Found at Shalbatana Vallis (Jun 09)

 * http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/18/mars-lake-life.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090617-mars-lake.html
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE55G74R20090618

Another Batch of MRO HiRISE Images (Jun 09)
Includes huge sand dune at Proctor Crater, melting ice caps, and gullies running from the southern highlands
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5611284/Diversity-of-Mars-captured-by-worlds-most-powerful-camera-on-Nasa-probe.html

Thousands of "Airplane View" HiRISE Images Released (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-136
 * http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/03/mars.images/?imw=Y

Mars Polar Lander Science Results (May-Jul 09)

 * http://wildcat.arizona.edu/2.2257/mars-mission-finds-evidence-of-water-1.160689

Present Day Liquid Water Periodically Possible With Salt Solubles (May 09)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090414-st-perchlorate-sludge.html
 * http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/15090.htm

Past Warmer Climate, Edible Salts, Snowfall (Jul 09)

 * http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/03/20090703marsfinding0703.html
 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-106
 * http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2009/0702.asp
 * http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10637047&nav=menu216_3
 * http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090702-snow-mars-phoenix.html
 * http://uanews.org/node/26204

Computer Models Shows Water With Dissolved Salts Could Have Flowed (May 09)

 * http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE54J5E220090520
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17168-chilly-brine-could-have-harboured-life-on-mars.html

Earth and Mars May Collide in Distant Future (Jun 09)

 * http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2803/when-worlds-collide-earth-mars-impact-possible
 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/11/MNH2183Q0C.DTL&type=science
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227125.000-solar-systems-planets-could-spin-out-of-control.html

University of Arkansas Little Rock Given Grant for Life Studies on Mars Lander Site (Jun 09)

 * http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1520826/Arkansas/UALR.to.lead.research.into.signs.of.life.on.Mars

Satellite Evidence for no Water Tables Doesn't Mean None Exist (Jun 09)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227145.000-mars-may-hide-secret-water-table.html

Mars Water Detector Invented (Jun 09)

 * http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090708-mars-water-detector.html
 * http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2009/MTDEM.htm

Mineral Types Influence Temperature Readings (Jul 09)

 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/f-sf-tmo071409.php

Mars Surface Likely Molten After Formation, Too Hot for Life (Jul 09)

 * http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/21/molten-mars.html

Methane Being Destroyed Rapidly, Bodes Ill for Life (Aug 2009)

 * http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/12/mars-life.html
 * http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n0908/11mars/
 * http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=45382
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5981929/Methane-process-makes-life-on-Mars-difficult.html
 * http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/05/tech-090805-methane-mars.html
 * http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/805/2
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17562-destruction-of-martian-methane-may-be-bad-news-for-life.html
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8186314.stm

Lightning Detected For First Time (Jul 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090806-mars-lightning.html
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44890/title/Martian_lightning

Mars Canyon Formed When Plug Was Pulled (Aug 2009)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090825-st-mars-brine.html

Famous Meteor From Mars Likely to have Been Bathed in Water (Sep 2009)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17712-balmy-water-once-bathed-mars-rock-claimed-to-host-life.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327244.800-martian-meteorite-may-have-held-life.html