All atwitter over a blogging robot

Somewhere on the surface of Mars, a sad, famous little robot is clinging to life.

Spirit - Still Alive

It's been a while since I've had a peek through Spirit's eyes and not that the frenzied "butterfly life" of Phoenix is done I can spend more time here.

Strange Craters on Mars

Two elliptical craters aligned east and west suggest that Mars once had a third small moon , which eventually crashed into the surface of the planet Universe Today Download time: Oct 25 2008 7:34 AM ET Was ...

Could Strange Mars Craters be from a Fallen Third Moon?

Was there a third Martian moon orbiting the planet? Did Phobos and Deimos have a triplet sibling? According to the discovery of two elliptical impact craters, there might just have been another moon, but it ...

Mars moon Phobos is a pile of rubble

ESA published a report on the origin of Phobos, Mars' larger moon. The scientists write the moon looks almost certain to be a "rubble pile" held together by gravity, rather than a single solid object.

Martian Moon May Be Just a Pile of Rubble

An image of Phobos taken by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera aboard the Mars Express orbiter.

ESA Closes In On Origin Of Mars' Larger Moon

European space scientists are getting closer to unraveling the origin of Mars' larger moon, Phobos, according to the European Space Agency.

Mars-Now Accessible to You

It is the site of Olympus Mons , the highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of Valles Marineris , the largest canyon.

Mysterious Mars Moon a Pile of Rubble

On July 23 2008, the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board the ESA's Mars Express took the highest-resolution full-disc image yet of the surface of the moon Phobos.

Sci-Tech News Briefs for October 17, 2008

The Hubble Space Telescope was in the final stages of recovery on Thursday after NASA successfully bypassed a faulty computer and resurrected an 18-year-old spare from orbital hibernation.