Credit: Kimberly Casey / CC4.0 Christensen has studied Martian ice for decades as operational lead for an instrument called THEMIS on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. The team calculated that ...

Onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, Multi-spectral infrared images by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) captured the distribution of olivine-rich materials on Mars. Olivine decomposes ...

The Mars Odyssey Gamma-ray spectrometer is a measuring instrument that resides on the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since 2001, returning data on the geology of the ...

He leads operations for a heat-sensitive camera called THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System) aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. In past research, Christensen and Gary Clow of the ...

One hundred kilograms of material designed to simulate Mars regolith, the dense, soil-like deposits present on the planet’s surface, arrived from Austin, Texas, at the Wageningen University ...

Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with ...

The Caltech team calculated how far down this habitable zone would be, based on the dust content and structure of the ice. If dust makes up more than about 1% of the ice, it would be too shaded ...

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped ...

MARS has announced the return of the Marathon bar which hasn’t been a permanent fixture on supermarket shelves for 34 years. But fans are still not happy with the chocolate giant ...

We explore how long it takes to get to Mars and the factors that affect a journey to the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Bruno Mars and Blackpink‘s Rosé debuted their flirtatious new single “Apt.” — a nod to the Korean “Apartment” drinking game. The vibrant track conjures up memories of Gwen Stefani’s ...