In the new science-fiction horror movie "Life," a group of astronauts aboard the International Space Station finds a living organism in a Martian dirt sample, and (as you can probably guess from ...

On Mars, this means rocks, dust, and little else. Researchers have dreamed up dozens of uses for Martian dirt, including as soil for planting, cement for landing pads, and, possibly, coagulants ...

“It’s not surprising at all that as you get [dirt] that’s more and more accurate, closer to Mars, that it gets harder and harder for plants to grow in it,” says planetary scientist Kevin ...

The Curiosity rover had dumped out a recent sample of Mars dirt after spotting shiny particles inside the hole dug by the shovel-like scoop on its robotic arm. Mission scientists were concerned ...

It’s not just any dirt, of course, but fake Mars dirt that the school says will be invaluable for any scientific mission which plans to make use of Martian material for its own purposes.

Under the leadership of researcher Wieger Wamelink, and building on their previous research, the team successfully grew ten different crops from soil simulants not just of Mars dirt, but of dirt ...

The first-ever in-depth analysis of Martian dirt reveals a mineralogical makeup similar to that of Hawaiian volcanic soils, researchers announced Tuesday. The results come from NASA's Mars rover ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Back in 2017, as the Curiosity rover was collecting a dirt sample from Mars’ Bagnold Dune, the space vehicle experienced an ...

Phoenix unearthed other surprises: TheMartian dirt at Phoenix's landing site proved ... Waterconfirmed Phoenix was sent to the Vastitas Borealisplains of Mars in part to confirm observations ...

It’s a collection of rocks from Earth that have the same chemical makeup as the dirt found on Mars, as well as grains that are of a similar shape and size as Martian grains. After working with ...

One of those was the Mars dirt's acidity, or pH, level. "People really didn't know what the pH was going to be," Quinn told SPACE.com. "A lot of people believed that the soils would be very acidic." ...

Future Mars explorers may be able to get all the water they need out of the red dirt beneath their boots, a new study suggests. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red ...