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A massive impact crater near the Martian equator revealed blocks of water ice at lower latitudes than have ever been seen before.

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.

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D. radiodurans (affectionately known as "Conan the Bacterium") is particularly well-suited to surviving Mars' harsh environment.

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.

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Mars in late spring. William Herschel believed the light areas were land and the dark areas were oceans.

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.

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Global color view of Mars. A large, round, rusty-red planet. There are numerous craters all over on the planet. There is a small white circle at the top (ice cap). In the top-right quadrant of the planet there is a very large darker patch. On the bottom half there is what appears to be a long canyon that is in the shape of a smile.

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.

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Tridymite powder

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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The AI software enabled scientists to pinpoint the rock's location to a crater on Mars' southern hemisphere.

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

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Polygons crack across the Martian surface as hidden ice expands and contracts with the seasons.

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.

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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.

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.

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An artist's impression of the new sinuous discrete aurora over Mars.

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.

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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.

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.

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