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See Mars 'peek out' from behind the moon in stunning eclipse photo
By Harry Baker published
An astrophotographer has captured a highly detailed image of the Red Planet reappearing from behind the moon after a lunar occultation.

Colossal 'planet killer' asteroid sparked mega-tsunami on Mars, and now we know where it landed
By Harry Baker published
Planetary scientists have pinpointed the likely location of a massive asteroid impact that triggered an enormous tsunami on the Red Planet around 3.4 billion years ago.

Mars may be slowly ripping its largest moon apart
By Harry Baker published
A new study has revealed that the weird parallel grooves on the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos could be a sign that the Red Planet's gravity is ripping the satellite apart.

Massive Martian meteor impact was largest ever recorded in solar system
By Donavyn Coffey published
A magnitude 4 marsquake that rocked the Red Planet in 2021 is the result of a massive meteor impact, two new studies revealed.

Bacteria could survive underground on Mars for hundreds of millions of years, new study finds
By Stephanie Pappas published
New research suggests that signs of ancient Martian life could be out there – or rather, hidden just beneath the Martian surface, safe from harmful radiation.

First Martian life likely broke the planet with climate change, made themselves extinct
By Ben Turner published
The finding comes from a modeling study that assumes ancient Martian life was similar to that on Earth during the same time period.

Mars: The Red Planet
By Adam Mann published
Reference Mars is a rusty, red world and one of the most explored planets in the solar system.

Mysterious mineral on Mars was spat out by an explosive eruption 3 billion years ago
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have finally identified the origin of a puzzling volcanic mineral on Mars that was found at the bottom of an ancient lake by the Curiosity rover.
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