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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?

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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