Mars Courses and Certifications

SETI Institute

Mars' Ancient Carbon Cycle - How Rocks on Mars Tell the Story of a Vanishing Climate

Discover how NASA's Curiosity rover found rare iron carbonate minerals in Martian rocks, revealing Mars' lost atmosphere and ancient climate that parallels Earth's carbon processes.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Société Française d'Exobiologie

Mars and Europa - More Than Meets the Eye

Discover the hidden complexities of Mars and Europa through expert analysis of their subsurface structures and potential for harboring life in this astrobiology lecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Raman Research Institute

Perseverance and SuperCam's Exploration of Jezero Crater on Mars

Explore the groundbreaking discoveries from Mars as an expert reveals how SuperCam's laser technology analyzes Martian rocks, offering insights into the Red Planet's geological history and composition.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

EAI - European Astrobiology Institute

Mars Sample Return: Planning Considerations for Searching for Biosignatures in Mars Samples

Explore NASA & ESA's Mars Sample Return mission strategy, focusing on methods to detect biosignatures in Jezero Crater samples and crucial considerations for sample preservation and analysis.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Société Française d'Exobiologie

From Mercury to Mars - A Comparative Study of Rocky Planets

Explore planetary geology across the inner solar system, examining surface features and geological processes from Mercury to the red plains of Mars.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Société Française d'Exobiologie

Mars and the Earthlings

Explore the fascinating relationship between Mars and Earth's organisms through expert insights on astrobiology, survival conditions, and potential interactions between the two planets.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory

Magnetic Field Generation and Stratification in Planetary Cores - Earth, Mars, and Mercury

Explore the unique magnetic fields of Earth, Mercury, and Mars, examining their core dynamics, stratification processes, and evolutionary patterns over billions of years.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

SETI Institute

Why is Mars Red? New Research Suggests Ferrihydrite is the Key

Discover how new research by Dr. Janice Bishop suggests Mars' red color comes from ferrihydrite—a water-rich mineral—rather than hematite, indicating the planet once had abundant liquid water before drying up billions of years ago.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Michel van Biezen

Astronomy - Mars

Explore Mars' mysteries, from its wet history to modern missions. Learn about surface features, atmosphere, moons, and the search for life on the Red Planet.

• YouTube
• 6 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Everyday Astronaut

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover vs Curiosity - What's New? What's Improved?

Detailed comparison of NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers, exploring their designs, instruments, and missions. Includes launch, transit, and landing information for Perseverance.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

TED

Your Kids Might Live on Mars - Here's How They'll Survive

Journalist Stephen Petranek explores the possibility of human colonization on Mars within 20 years, detailing the challenges and solutions for establishing a sustainable presence on the Red Planet.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

TED

Discovering and Designing Genomes for Earth, Mars, and Beyond

Explore genetic mapping for interplanetary survival with geneticist Chris Mason, delving into urban metagenomes and the future of space colonization.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The search for water on Mars

7 ratings at OpenLearn

The possibility of water on Mars has captured human imagination for over a century. In this free course, The Search for Water on Mars, find out more about how scientists have found evidence for ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

From the Surface of Mars to the Ocean of Enceladus - EELS Robot and Risk-Aware Adaptive Autonomy

4 reviews

Exploring extreme environments with EELS robot: From Mars rovers to searching for alien life in Enceladus' ocean using risk-aware adaptive autonomy and versatile robotic hardware.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Schools Tune Into Mars

Explore Mars missions using NASA's InSight data. Learn to teach complex scientific concepts through interdisciplinary approaches, making space exploration accessible and engaging for STEM students.

• Independent
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course