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Roving the red planet: New paper documents first Mars mission soil samples

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return from Mars. The University...

The red planet’s hot again, cold again history: Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars’ atmosphere

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now,...

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the moon?

The Artemis program has been NASA's best chance to get "boots on the moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from...

Kitchen experiments shed light on Mars’s volcanic rootless cones

Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous explosions resulting from the interaction between...

Mystery mounds reveal the history of water on Mars

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks here were once soaked...

Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered...

Signatures of ice-free ancient ponds and lakes found on Mars

Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in the rock record. Wave ripples...

NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian...

NASA proposes cheaper, quicker way to get Mars rocks and soil to Earth

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to $11...

Avalanches, icy explosions and dunes: NASA is tracking New Year on Mars

Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet's northern hemisphere goes through an active—even explosive—spring thaw. While New Year's Eve is around the corner...

Ancient Mars’ thick crust could have supported hidden water reservoirs and rare magmas, new research suggests

A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems....

Building concrete on Mars from local materials

Imagine you've just gotten to Mars as part of the first contingent of settlers. Your first challenge: build a long-term habitat using local materials....

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