Science News for Kids » Mars http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Martian microbes, maybe http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:10:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16101 The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/feed/ 0 Sleeping in space http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/volunteers-face-problems-on-a-make-believe-mission-to-mars/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/volunteers-face-problems-on-a-make-believe-mission-to-mars/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:00:51 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15445 Long space flights may harm astronauts’ sleep patterns, a 520-day experiment found. Replacing fluorescent bulbs with blue lights like the ones in this photo may help avoid those problems. Credit: ESA

Volunteers face problems on a make-believe mission to Mars ]]> Long space flights may harm astronauts’ sleep patterns, a 520-day experiment found. Replacing fluorescent bulbs with blue lights like the ones in this photo may help avoid those problems. Credit: ESA

Volunteers face problems on a make-believe mission to Mars ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/volunteers-face-problems-on-a-make-believe-mission-to-mars/feed/ 0 Curiosity’s watery find http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:17:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14442 This jagged Martian rock formation contains pebbles that were moved by water billions of years ago. Credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA

Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed]]> This jagged Martian rock formation contains pebbles that were moved by water billions of years ago. Credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA

Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/feed/ 0 Living long beneath the sea http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:08:27 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14369 roy1HR_Feature

Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive]]> roy1HR_Feature

Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/feed/ 0 Curiosity lands on Mars! http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/curiosity-lands-on-mars/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/curiosity-lands-on-mars/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:17:42 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13494 curiosity-landed-drawing_featured

NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life]]> curiosity-landed-drawing_featured

NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/08/curiosity-lands-on-mars/feed/ 0