Wonders of the Solar System...

Temperatures at the dark craters of the... ...(bismuthinite). Olympus Mons on Mars . Image: NASA/JPL Mars has the Tallest Mountain in the Entire Solar Syst... ...Let's skip Earth for now and head on over to Mars . If you think our Mount Everest is tall,...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/18/Wonders-of-the-Solar-System/

Rolling Rock ... on Mars

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona... ...altech/Univ. of Arizona A rolling stone in Mars gathers no moss, because there's no moss in Mars , silly! But there are boulders that rol... ...t there are boulders that roll down the slopes of Mars *strong clas...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/11/Rolling-Rock-on-Mars/

Martian Rats...

Let's hope the Mars Rover has got a rat trap or two, because the Red... ...h ... Martian Rats: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity snapped this panorama(above) of... ...ladies and gentlemen: We’ve found a rock on Mars … that looks like a rat....

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/02/Martian-Rats/

NASA Wants Your Haiku...

NASA's MAVEN mission to Mars will carry a piece of Earth with it, in the form... ...nd a little poetry, too.The DVD will be in NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecr... ...vember. The DVD is part of the mission's Going to Mars Campaign coordinated at the...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/04/NASA-Wants-Your-Haiku/

Meteorite May Reveal Clues about Life on Mars

They're not only gorgeous, but these color... ...a slice of a meteorite, may even reveal whether Mars once had sustained life:... ...n Earth and the ones that happened on Mars

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/02/Meteorite-May-Reveal-Clues-about-Life-on-Mars/

How Far is Mars?

Check out this visualization by David Paliwoda tha... ...e astronomical distance to our planetary neighbor Mars . Note: Since yesterday, the graphic was changed f...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/04/How-Far-is-Mars/

Mars Curiosity Rover Dress

Etsy seller Holly Renee makes dresses printed with... ...olly Renee makes dresses printed with images from Mars ! The dress is made with stretch Lycra and cotton,... ...on, belt sold separately. The images are from the Mars Curiosity rover. The store Shenova also has tank... ...ova also has tank tops, legging...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/04/Mars-Curiosity-Rover-Dress/

Tintina, the White Rock of Mars

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Meet... ...intina, a piece of broken rock that the Curiosity Mars rover ran over (I've been waiting to be... ...truly habitable environment found on Mars . "What we're really excited about i...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/19/Tintina-the-White-Rock-of-Mars/

Mars Populated by One Vast Thinking Vegetable

Ah, the vegetable that thinks vast thoughts! With a great big eye stalk! This was the cover of The Salt Lake Tribune on October 13, 1912. They didn't exactly present it as the truth, but as a theory. The Giant All-Seei...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/07/Mars-Populated-by-One-Vast-Thinking-Vegetable/