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Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation
One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...
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Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA's Perseverance rover
Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...
World’s biggest Mars rock could sell for $4 million
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...
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Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out
NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...
Mars rover captures first close-up images of ridges that hint at planet's watery past in "really surprising" discovery
The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...
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NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover
NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.
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How China Could Win the Race to Return Rocks from Mars
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...
NASA's Curiosity rover discovers unusual 'boxwork' patterns on Mars linked to ancient waterways
The Mars rover found geological formations in Gale Crater showing how water percolated beneath the surface, and ...
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Mars Orbiter taught to 'roll over' for a view beneath the surface
NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...