Now, both scientists and the public can navigate the 3D map of Mars made at Caltech using data ... data that can be turned on or off, like these labels for named geographic features on the planet ...

PHOTOS: The Psychedelic Landscape of Mars Included in the map are the locations of Mars missions and labels of named Mars craters and other geological features. Of course, looking at the beautiful ...

NASA has just released the most detailed 3D map of Mars ever made. Created by the Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary Visualization at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena ...

Caltech scientists have created a nearly complete global map of Mars at an extremely high resolution of 5 m (16.4 ft) per pixel. The image itself is an impressive feat of engineering. It’s a ...

Astronomers have been mapping Mars for nearly two centuries. The first map of Mars was produced in 1840 by Wilhelm Beer and Johann von Mädler in Germany. But it was Italian astronomer Giovanni ...

“The new gravity map will be helpful for future Mars exploration, because better knowledge of the planet’s gravity anomalies helps mission controllers insert spacecraft more precisely into ...

The new map of Mars, which was released Monday, relies on data collected by three NASA spacecraft — Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — plus the European Space ...

Mars used to be much wetter than scientists thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new map of mineral deposits on Mars ...

Data from two Mars orbiters was used to create a detailed global map of mineral deposits on Mars, pinpointing where water may have once flowed across the planet. “I think we have collectively ...