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Pioneering images of both martian moons (w/ Video)

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (17) | 0

(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’ ...

Mountain on Mars may answer big question

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 04, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (17) | 1

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 ...

Mars Express zeroes in on erosion features

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(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 ...

Mars: Chaotic terrain between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 06, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 0

(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.

Lava flows in Daedalia Planum

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 09, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages.

Mars, methane and mysteries

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 10, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (10) | 0

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. ...

Mars Express observes aurorae on the red planet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 21, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 3

(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 ...

Scientists close in on the origin of Mars' larger moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 0

(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 ...

Mars polar cap mystery solved

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 22, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (33) | 0

(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 ...

ESA extends key missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth’s magnetosphere

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 10, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

ESA’s Science Programme Committee has extended the operations of ESA’s Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions until 31 December 2009.

Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 30, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (23) | 0

(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 ...

Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 16, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

(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 ...