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NASA rover reveals signs of crucial life-sustaining process on MarsSamples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the planet.
By Ben Turner Published
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Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible timeA new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.
By Jamie Carter Published
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NASA rover watches 'fiendish' Martian 'dust devils' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalismVideo footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover shows a small "dust devil" merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.
By Harry Baker Published
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Mars: Facts about the Red Planet, its moons, and possibilities for lifeDiscover interesting facts about Mars, its moons, its atmosphere, and the possibilities of life.
By Adam Mann Last updated
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Perseverance rover spots peculiar 'spider egg' rock on Mars — and scientists have no idea how it got thereOn March 11, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains of microbial life on Mars.
By Damien Pine Published
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Mars was once a 'vacation-style' beach planet, Chinese rover scans revealChina's Zhurong rover has found evidence of an ancient shoreline buried deep beneath the planet. That could point to an ocean, a beach, and to life.
By Ben Turner Published
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Mars' red color explained by surprising new researchNew research has revealed that Martian dust's red hue comes from reactions that occurred in wet — not dry — conditions, and it could have implications for the possibility of life on the planet.
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA rover discovers liquid water 'ripples' carved into Mars rock — and it could rewrite the Red Planet's historyNASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had open water for longer in its history than previously thought.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Space photo of the week: Dry ice 'geysers' erupt on Mars as spring hits the Red PlanetNASA shares an iconic image of carbon dioxide ice erupting in geysers when Martian winter turns to spring.
By Jamie Carter Published
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