http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, the martian moons Phobos and Deimos have been caught on camera together. ESA's Mars Express orbiter took these pioneering images last month. Apart from their ‘wow` factor, these unique images will help the HRSC team validate and refine existing orbit models of the two moons. http://www.physorg.com/news179763963.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:26:50 EST news179763963 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area. http://www.physorg.com/news176721098.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:19:52 EST news176721098 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages. http://www.physorg.com/news174287569.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:14:11 EST news174287569 Mars may not be as dormant as scientists once thought. The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is life on Mars, or that volcanic activity continues to generate heat below the martian surface. ESA plans to find out which it is. Either outcome is big news for a planet once thought to be biologically and geologically inactive. http://www.physorg.com/news169120520.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:10:03 EST news169120520 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the planet. If so, this would provide another jigsaw piece to be fitted into the emerging picture of Mars` past climate. http://www.physorg.com/news156697586.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:06:58 EST news156697586 The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about whether the Red Planet ever had - or still supports - life. http://www.physorg.com/news155387639.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:14:29 EST news155387639 ESA`s Science Programme Committee has extended the operations of ESA`s Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions until 31 December 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news153505088.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:18:58 EST news153505088 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Mars's crustal rocks. They highlight a number of mysteries about the way Mars interacts with electrically charged particles originating from the Sun. http://www.physorg.com/news146487857.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:04:17 EST news146487857 (PhysOrg.com) -- European space scientists are getting closer to unravelling the origin of Mars` larger moon, Phobos. Thanks to a series of close encounters by ESA`s Mars Express spacecraft, the moon looks almost certain to be a ‘rubble pile`, rather than a single solid object. However, mysteries remain about where the rubble came from. http://www.physorg.com/news143386504.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:35:04 EST news143386504 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars`s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA`s Mars Express spacecraft - the martian weather system is to blame. And so is the largest impact crater on Mars - even though it is nowhere near the south pole. http://www.physorg.com/news141317473.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:51:13 EST news141317473 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft`s fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board. http://www.physorg.com/news136643709.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:35:09 EST news136643709 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA`s Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon to date. http://www.physorg.com/news135434147.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:35:47 EST news135434147