The Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ recently completed its 47th, 48th, and 49th flight, NASA reports on the blog for its Mars rover ‘Perseverance’. That rover is making a “long ascent” up the delta in Mars’ Jezero crater, “an area where scientists surmise …

“Planetary scientists now know how thick the Martian crust is,” reports ScienceNews, “thanks to the strongest Marsquake ever observed.”
On average, the crust is between 42 and 56 kilometers thick [26 to 34 miles], researchers report in a paper to appea…

The Associated Press reports that “water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China’s rover.” A paper published in Science suggests thin films of water appeared on sand dunes …

“Two years have passed since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, carrying with it the Ingenuity helicopter,” notes Slashdot reader quonset. “Created from off-the-shelf components, the helicopter was only designed to last about five flights. Instead,…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Red sand shifts under the boots of the crew members. In the distance, it appears that a rocky mountain range is rising out of the Martian horizon. A thin layer of red dust coats the solar panels an…

“In the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA’s Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves,” reports CNN.

But they add that the evidence “appeared in an unlikely place.”
The ro…

“NASA’s tiny Ingenuity helicopter now has 40 off-Earth flights under its belt,” reports Space.com:

The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity lifted off yet again on Thursday (Jan. 19), staying aloft for nearly 92 seconds on a sortie that covered about 584…

CNN reports:
Mars may seem like a dry, desolate place, but the red planet transforms into an otherworldly wonderland in winter, according to a new video shared by NASA….

“Enough snow falls that you could snowshoe across it,” said Sylvain Piqueux, a…