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Bizarre sand dunes on Mars are 'almost perfectly circular,' and scientists don't know why
A high-resolution camera mounted on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of unusual, almost perfectly circular sand dunes on the Red Planet's surface.
See the first clear images of 'sun rays' on Mars in eerie new NASA photos
The rays appear when sunlight shines through gaps in the cloud during sunrise or sunset and have never been seen this clearly on the Red Planet before.
China's Mars rover may be dead in the dust, new NASA images reveal
The Mars rover Zhurong hasn't moved since last fall, new orbiter images confirm, suggesting that the Chinese rover may be at the end of its lifespan.
Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns
Research in Chile's Atacama Desert suggests that the science instruments on the Red Planet aren't capable of detecting signs of long-dead microbial life.
NASA rover snaps photos of ancient 'waves' carved into Mars mountainside
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has photographed clear signs of ripples locked into a Martian rock, a sign of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.
You have one last chance to view the green comet this week, thanks to a close flyby with Mars
The green comet C/2022 E3, last seen 50,000 years ago, will zoom past Mars this week. This could be humanity’s last chance to see the comet up close.
Mars is about to be eclipsed by the moon. Here's how to watch.
On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will pass in front of Mars from the perspective of Earth in what's known as an occultation.
NASA spies Martian rocks that look just like a teddy bear
A broken hill, an ancient crater and the human tendency to find faces everywhere may explain the teddy bear on Mars.
