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![The AI software enabled scientists to pinpoint the rock's location to a crater on Mars' southern hemisphere.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fb6FmDTn5wEnkkaJu3Uag3-320-80.jpg)
Mars' oldest meteorite traced to strange double impact crater
By Ben Turner published
Scientists made the discovery by assessing over 94 million craters on Mars
![Polygons crack across the Martian surface as hidden ice expands and contracts with the seasons.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yKxwj7ifyKtxqfp9tMwM87-320-80.jpg)
Bizarre 'polygons' are cracking through the surface of Mars
By Brandon Specktor published
A new image from NASA's HIRISE camera reveals strange 'polygons' cracking open the surface of Mars. It's just a typical sign of spring, scientists say.
![The Mars Curiosity rover’s Mast camera snapped this intriguing image of the Red Planet, showing a “doorway” structure, on May 7, 2022, or Sol 3466 in Martian days.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DmYzJ4r9HmswD9bsStybb-320-80.jpg)
The 'doorway' seen on Mars is not for aliens. Here's how it really formed.
By Tom Metcalfe published
The internet erupted after a photograph from the Mars Curiosity rover appeared to show an "alien door," experts are pretty sure it's just a natural feature.
![An artist's impression of the new sinuous discrete aurora over Mars.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GqWYbEjuFxmzs8VXRoaZjX-320-80.jpg)
Scientists discover bizarre 'worm-like' aurora stretching halfway across Mars
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists detected an enormous new type of aurora stretching halfway across the Martian atmosphere.
![Perseverance's backshell and parachute can be seen in this image snapped by NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter during its 26th flight on April 19, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TPjjkgezdaLDVUwNhNsYpj-320-80.jpg)
Mars helicopter photographs wreckage of its own landing gear in eerily desolate image
By Stephanie Pappas published
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity has snapped eerily desolate photographs of the spent parachute and backshell that conveyed it to the Red Planet.
![A color image of Valles Marineris](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7MPEbD6ea9w9JsqNboUzcG-320-80.jpg)
2 giant marsquakes rock the far side of the Red Planet
By Scott Dutfield published
Mars was recently shaken up by two of the largest marsquakes recorded.
![Mars' moon Phobos crosses the face of the sun, captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover with its Mastcam-Z camera. The black specks to the left are sunspots.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yZUgWmh2SZUNAWfySEwAfc-320-80.gif)
Mars’ death-spiraling moon captured in gorgeous eclipse video
By Ben Turner published
By watching Phobos’ orbit carefully, scientists can gain some important insights into the Martian interior.
![An image of the Airy-0 crater on Mars taken by the using the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Sept. 8 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbH6hVVHcDVkgnV2b7mXHj-320-80.jpg)
Martian crater looks just like a human fingerprint in this incredible new image
By Harry Baker published
NASA recently released an image of Mars' Airy-0 crater, which bears a remarkable resemblance to a human fingerprint and marks the Red Planet's prime meridian (zero degrees longitude).
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