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(Left) a shark fin shaped rock on Mars (Right) an accompanying crab claw shaped boulder (Insert) NASA's Perseverance Rover.

Perseverance rover spots a shark fin and crab claw on Mars

By Robert Lea published

Is something fishy happening on the Red Planet, or is it all in our minds again?

Space Exploration
An illustration of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system.

'Building blocks of life' discovered on Mars in 10 different rock samples

By Charles Q. Choi published

NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.

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view of mars from orbit showing reddish-brown sand dunes rippling across a rocky surface

Mars had an extreme climate shift 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds before its demise

By Keith Cooper published

China's presumed-dead Zhurong rover spotted telltale patterns of ancient climate change in the Martian dunes.

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NASA's Perseverance rover can be seen in the background, while rocks and red Martian soil take up the rest of the image.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity phones home, breaking 63-day silence

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has phoned home after 63 days of silence, and all appears to be well with the little rotorcraft.

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A "selfie" of Zhurong and its lander captured by a deployed remote camera.

China finally admits its hibernating Mars rover may never wake up

By Stephanie Pappas published

The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why.

Space Exploration
Three images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2022 and 2023. The rover is the blue dot in the upper part of the leftmost image and bottom of the middle and right image. The first image was taken in March 2022 before the rover went into hibernation. The second two were taken in September 2022 and in February 2023.

China's Mars rover may be dead in the dust, new NASA images reveal

By Stephanie Pappas published

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.

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An illustration depicting the squat, white NASA Perseverance rover on Mars

Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns

By Jamie Carter published

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.

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An image of the pebble-sized debris clogging Perseverance's sampling apparatus, acquired on Jan. 7, 2022, by the WATSON camera.

NASA's Perseverance rover is clogged up with pebbles

By Stephanie Pappas published

The Perseverance Mars rover is awaiting orders after its sampling apparatus became clogged by pebble-size debris.

Space
Artist's illustration of the two EscaPADE spacecraft in orbit around Mars.

Mars on the cheap: Scientists working to revolutionize access to the Red Planet

By Leonard David published

An increasing number of researchers are blueprinting low-cost and novel ways to further explore the Red Planet.

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NASA's Perseverance rover has collected two drilled-out samples from this Red Planet rock, which the mission team dubbed "Rochette."

Perseverance rover collects 2nd Mars sample (photos)

By Mike Wall published

Perseverance collected another drilled-out core of a Martian rock dubbed "Rochette," sealing the sample in its designated titanium tube on Wednesday (Sept. 8).

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