Ss:Mars

Mars Places in the News
(See List of Quadrangles) http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/3307776.html?page=3&c=y

Mare Acidalium Quadrangle

 * Acidalia Planitia (Apr) -

Ismenius Lacus Quadrangle

 * Lyot Crater (May) -

Amazonis Quadrangle

 * Marte Valles (Feb) -

Tharsis Quadrangle

 * Tharsis Plateau -

Oxia Palus Quadrangle

 * Shalbatana Vallis -
 * Aram Chaos (Mar) -
 * Vernal Crater (Feb) -

Arabia Quadrangle

 * Arabia Terra (Feb) -

Elysium Quadrangle

 * Athabasca Valles -

Coprates Quadrangle

 * Hebes Chasma -

Margaritifer Sinus Quadrangle

 * Meridiani Planum -
 * Endurance Crater -
 * Purgatory Dune -
 * Victoria Crater -
 * Duck Bay -
 * Block Island -
 * Endeavour Crater -

Aeolus Quadrangle

 * Ma'adim Valley -
 * Troy -
 * Home Plate -

Argyre Quadrangle

 * Hale Crater -

Noachis Quadrangle

 * Proctor Crater -

Hellas Quadrangle

 * Hellas Basin -
 * Promethei Terra (Mar) -

Eridania Quadrangle

 * Ariadnes Colles (Apr) -

Mud Volcanoes in Acidalia Planitia Could be Methane Source (Apr 09)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7966437.stm

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

Light Toned Deposits May be Formed By Upsurging Groundwater (Dec 09)
LTD found in Hebes Chasma, Chaotic Terrains, and Arabia Terra
 * http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMJDBSTGOF_0.html

Mars Express Mission Extended a Third Time (Feb 09)

 * http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMACI05VQF_index_0.html

Depositions Uncovered by Erosion at Aram Chaos (Mar 09)

 * http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM8MQJTYRF_index_0.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090319-mars-express-rust.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

5th Anniversary Celebrations (Jan 09)

 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/4357217/Mars-facts-revealed-by-Nasas-Rovers.html
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/27/mars-snow-space-technology-nasa

Spirit Moving Again (Feb 09)

 * http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/04/1780978.aspx

Sand May Push Rocks Into Place (Jan 09)

 * http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37298
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090109-mars-rocks.html
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16389-what-has-been-moving-rocks-on-mars.html
 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uoa-hmw010809.php

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/

Endeavor Rim Sited (Jul 2010)

 * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-06/uoa-zta062910.php
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars-rover-huge-crater-details-100630.html

Carbonates Found at Nili Fossae (Dec 09)

 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/18/MN4U14QQBB.DTL
 * http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/supercomputers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212501435&subSection=News
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3836365/Minerals-suggest-life-could-have-survived-on-Mars.html
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4BH7IV20081218
 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16305-longsought-carbonate-minerals-found-on-mars.html
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_08-331_Mars_minerals.html
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7791060.stm

Stone Circles at Elysium Planitia Could Point to Water (Jan 09)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126883.600-mystery-stone-circles-may-point-to-water-on-mars.html

MRO in Extended Mission (Jan 09)

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/science/space/06mars.html?ref=science

Ancient Hot Springs at Arabia Terra? (Feb 09)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090212-mars-hot-springs.html
 * http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-12-2009/0004971345&EDATE=

Fractured Lavas at Marte Valles Suggest Floods on Mars (Feb 09)

 * http://uanews.org/node/24258
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090225-mars-fractures-floods.html
 * http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2146

1.25 MYO Gullies at Promethei Terra Found (Mar 09)

 * http://www.browndailyherald.com/2.12235/study-mars-gully-was-wet-just-one-million-years-ago-1.1667648
 * http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/03/03/did-water-leave-calling-cards-in-a-martian-crater/
 * http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/03/tech-mars-water.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090302-mm-mars-gullies.html
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/4927467/Mars-discovery-suggests-water-on-planet-1m-years-ago.html

Ice Excavated in Recent Meteorite Impacts (Apr 09)

 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/41995902.html

Southern Spring at Ice Caps Observed (Apr 09)

 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5081185/Nasa-orbiter-images-capture-spring-on-Mars.html
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090331-mars-spring.html

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

Phoenix Site May be in Dry Climate Phase (Dec 08)

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-236
 * http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/105217.php
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4BF0AA20081216
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081215-agu-phoenix-update.html

Studies of Phoenix Water Droplets (Apr 09)

 * http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i12/8712notw5.html
 * http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0903/24marswater/
 * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/41728642.html
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5012582/Droplets-on-Mars-Phoenix-Lander-indicate-water.html
 * http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/41963/title/Brines_on_Mars

Mars Polar Lander Science Results (Apr-Jul 09)

 * http://wildcat.arizona.edu/2.2257/mars-mission-finds-evidence-of-water-1.160689
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090330-phoenix-habitable-mars.html

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
 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7958471.stm

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

Dawn Finishes Mars Phase

 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-034

MSL Could Find Life (Dec 08)

 * http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/supercomputers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212501435&subSection=News

UK Could Host Sample Return Observatory (Apr 09)

 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8011299.stm

ARES Airplane Could Detect Methane

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16491-mars-plane-could-be-ideal-methane-sniffer-dog.html

Methane Detected on Mars - Signs of Life? (Jan 09)
Emissions found at Arabia Terra, Syrtis Major, and Nili Fossae
 * http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/01/16/methane-on-mars-does-that-mean-life/
 * http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aKoN8KFomK3E&refer=home
 * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99395543
 * http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-01-15-mars-methane_N.htm
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1116766/There-IS-life-Mars--know-say-Nasa-scientists.html
 * http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=methane-on-mars-is-something
 * http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/16/nation/na-methane16
 * http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/space/6213127.html
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/15/mars-life-methane-nasa
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011502222.html

Methane on Mars (Apr 09)

 * http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-02-2009/0004999758&EDATE=

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

Mars May Have Had Single Plate Tectonics (Dec 08)

 * http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/16/mars-shell-tectonics.html
 * http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/6c0a44b4e94740d96f138d039f28718f.html

Recap of 2008 Discoveries (Dec 08)

 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081230-st-mars-2008.html

Water Patterns Around Ancient Poles (Feb 09)
* http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/Marsice021109.xml&headline=Crater%20Imagery%20Suggests%20Mars%20Ice&channel=space
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090209-mm-martian-craters.html
 * http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2021

Seasonal Dark Streaks at Polar Dunes May be Water (Feb 09)

 * http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126955.700-whats-painting-dark-streaks-on-mars.html

There Might Be Water Underneith Olympus Mons (Mar 09)

 * http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2009-03-04-mars.shtml
 * http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090304-mars-volcano-water.html

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

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

ASU Best Online Mars Map (Jul 2010)

 * http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/07/asu_mars_map_said_to_be_best_e.php
 * http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/earth-as-an-extrasolar-planet.html
 * http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jul/HQ_10-176_Mars_Odyssey_Map.html