What have we discovered on Mars?

The Curiosity rover found that ancient Mars had the right chemistry to support living microbes. Curiosity found sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon– key ingredients necessary for life–in the powder sample drilled from the “Sheepbed” mudstone in Yellowknife Bay.

What are things we don’t know about Mars?

Observations by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected carbon-dioxide snow clouds on Mars and evidence of carbon-dioxide snow falling to the surface. 7. Mars contains the tallest mountain on a planet in our solar system. At about 27km high, it is more than three times the height of Mount Everest.

What are questions about Mars?

Mars: Oodles of interesting facts, figures and fun questions about the Red Planet

• How long does it take to get to Mars?
• How many moons does Mars have?
• Which country went to Mars first?
• What have we found on Mars?
• What is between Mars and Jupiter?
• What is the weather like on Mars?
• How many robots are on Mars?

What is the biggest thing on Mars?

High highs and low lows. Like Earth and Venus, Mars has mountains, valleys, and volcanoes, but the red planet’s are by far the biggest and most dramatic. Olympus Mons, the solar system’s largest volcano, towers some 16 miles above the Martian surface, making it three times taller than Everest.

What did NASA find on the surface of Mars?

NASA’s Curiosity rover found organic matter on Mars in 2018, and just last week it found sediments that suggest there were once ancient salty lakes on the surface of Mars. “What is the evidence…

Are there any signs of life on Mars?

“Inexplicably, over the 43 years since Viking, none of NASA’s subsequent Mars landers has carried a life detection instrument to follow up on these exciting results.” But now, decades later

What are some of the mysteries of Mars?

Mysteries of Mars. The Viking Project/NASA. Mars was known as the “fire star” to ancient Chinese astronomers, and scientists are still burning with questions regarding the Red Planet. Even after dozens of spacecraft have been sent to Mars, much remains unknown about that world.

What did the Curiosity rover find on Mars?

The MAHLI camera on Curiosity’s robotic arm took multiple images on Aug. 5, 2015, that were stitched together into this selfie. Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved.