Smithsonian Magazine

How to Keep Time on Mars: Clocks on the Red Planet Would Tick a Bit Differently Than Those on Earth

On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red ...
Space on MSN

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the ...

100,000 images in, Mars is still full of surprises

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been flying our the red planet for the last 20 years, beaming back images of its ...
Scientific American

Can Labs on Earth Solve the Mystery of Mars’s Most Exciting Rock?

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...