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Hear the 1st sounds from China's Mars rover Zhurong (Video)
By Tariq Malik published
China's first Mars rover has captured its first sounds of the Red Planet and beamed back stunning views of a drive on the dusty world.

Mars may have dozens of lakes beneath its south pole
By Mike Wall published
Much more liquid water may lie beneath Mars' south pole than scientists had thought — or there may be something going on down there that they don't fully understand.

NASA spacecraft spots China's Mars rover Zhurong heading south on Red Planet (photo)
By Mike Wall published
China's first-ever Mars rover was on the move earlier this month, imagery by a NASA spacecraft shows.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity nails 8th flight on the Red Planet
By Meghan Bartels published
NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has now flown eight times on the Red Planet, traveling farther than scientists hoped would be possible.

China's Mars rover Zhurong just snapped an epic self-portrait on the Red Planet (photos)
By Tereza Pultarova published
China's Zhurong rover has sent a new batch of images to Earth — including a "family photo" of the rover with its rocket-powered landing platform posing for a camera on the rock-covered surface.

NASA's Curiosity rover spots strange, colorful clouds on Mars
By Meghan Bartels published
NASA's Curiosity rover just spotted a strange type of wispy cloud over its Gale Crater home on Mars.

Curiosity rover on Mars spotted from space as it climbs 'Mont Mercou'
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a dramatic image last month of Curiosity ascending Mont Mercou, a landform on the slopes of the Red Planet's 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mt. Sharp.

China unveils 1st Mars photos from Zhurong rover
By Meghan Bartels published
China has released the first photographs taken by its Zhurong rover, which touched down on Mars late on Friday (May 14) as part of the country's Tianwen-1 mission.
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