On some nights, you may perhaps see a bright light in the sky, one that looks like a star with a reddish gleam. For a matter of truth, that may be the red planet, 1 named after the Roman god of war – Mars. This globe will be the fourth from the sun, at about 228 million kilometers [...]
The face on Mars the conspiracy theorists pointed to as some cover-up is no far more. The HiRiSE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a close in hi-res image of the same location and it looks totally distinct. Back in 1976 when the Viking1 took images searching for a very good landing spot for Viking2 NASA said “it’s [...]
The Mars Hoax is beginning to make the rounds again. It just won’t go away. I’m sure you’ve heard it. Mars is about to be the closest it will ever be (or some such claim) and it can be gonna be as large as being the full Moon on August 27th! I’ve even heard all this was planning [...]
