Mars One: One-way ticket to the red planet

The Dutch startup, Mars One, plans to establish a colony on the Red Planet by 2023, according to their website. It may seem outlandish, but the company and its supporters say getting colonists to Mars is feasible, especially since they don’t plan to bring anyone back. Colonists will stay on Mars the rest of their [...]

Did NASA find life on Mars in 1976, and then cook it?

Two spacecraft that landed on the Red Planet in 1976 are now thought to have detected live microbes in Martian soil. Scientists at the time failed to spot the signs of life – and COOKED the bugs at 160°C during experiments. Now an international team has used modern techniques to re-examine data collected by the [...]

How would you sound on Mars?

Astronauts on Mars would probably speak with each other on the surface through radio links — but if they were to pick up voices or sounds transmitted through Martian air, would they sound different? Acoustics experts say they would. Red Ice Creations News Feed              

Touchdown! Russia’s Elusive Mars Probe Crashes into Pacific – or Atlantic?

Russia Today January 15, 2012 Russia’s Phobos-Grunt, whose mission to a Martian moon went astray before circling the Earth, has finally plunged into the Pacific Ocean, says Russia’s Defense Ministry. But experts from Russia’s aerospace industry insist it hit the Atlantic Ocean. ­The stray probe plunged into the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean at [...]

Did an atomic explosion decimate Mars long ago?

According to a recent press release, a new theory claims to explain how the planet Mars acquired its red color and its tortured, barren, and desiccated landscape. “About 180 million years ago, a planet-shattering yet naturally occurring nuclear reaction may have wiped out everything on Mars, sending a shockwave that turned the planet into dry [...]

Did Earth once have two moons?

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Earth must have felt pretty inadequate a week or two ago when astronomers announced that distant Pluto has yet another moon. Pluto! Recently demoted to a dwarf planet! And yet it boosted its satellite total to four, while we remain forever stuck at one. True, Earth is ahead of Mercury and Venus, which have no [...]