MARS

Water persisted in Mars’ Gale crater for longer than previously thought, study finds

MARS
Billions of years ago, Mars was home to abundant water, and its Gale crater contained a lake. Gradually, the climate changed, drying the red...

Mars had its own version of plate tectonics

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Plate tectonics is not something most people would associate with Mars. In fact, the planet's dead core is one of the primary reasons for...

Little groundwater recharge in ancient Mars aquifer, according to new models

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Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface—from river deltas to...

Testing shows some bacteria could survive under Mars conditions

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An international team of radiation specialists, biologists and infectious disease experts has found four types of bacteria that are capable of surviving exposure to...

Mars has a water reservoir two-miles deep, enough to fill Earth’s Red Sea

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Over a decade and a half ago, the Mars Express embarked on a journey to unravel the secrets of the Martian surface, focusing on the...

Lake sediments found in Jezero crater hint at past life on Mars

ASTRONOMY
In a significant discovery published in the journal Science Advances, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Oslo have uncovered evidence suggesting the...

NASA helicopter’s mission ends after three years on Mars

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has officially ended its nearly three-year mission after...

Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars offers hope that Perseverance rover’s soil and rock samples hold traces of life

ASTRONOMY
If life ever existed on Mars, the Perseverance rover's verification of lake sediments at the base of the Jezero crater reinforces the hope that...

Curiosity captures a martian day, from dawn to dusk

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When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover isn't on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on...

Mars photo shows planet in true color, like you’ve never seen it before

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Twenty years ago, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express embarked on a journey to the Red Planet. Today, we’re celebrating this milestone with a...

The longstanding mystery of Mars’ moons—and the mission that could solve it

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The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with...

Zhurong rover detects mysterious polygons beneath the surface of Mars

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China's Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars's surface. Researchers have announced new results from the...
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