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Picking up lightsabers for Mars

ASTRONOMY
Detect, fetch and collect. A seemingly easy task is being tested to find the best strategy to collect samples on the martian surface, some...

In-situ observations of marine sedimentary rocks suggest ancient northern ocean on Mars

MARS
An international research team led by Professor Long Xiao from the School of Earth Sciences of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) has discovered the...

China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes

MARS
Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China's rover. The finding highlights...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover gets a major software upgrade

MARS
The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Years in the making, a major software update that has been installed...

NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

MARS
Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand—NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for...

New Mars research review tells story of the red planet’s atmosphere evolution

MARS
Mars is one of the most studied planets in our solar system, second only to Earth. Signs point to the red planet once existing...

Perseverance rover collects first Mars sample of new science campaign

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Perseverance rover cored and stored the first sample of the mission's newest science campaign on Thursday, March 30. With each campaign, the team...

Fly around Jezero Crater on Mars in this new video

ASTRONOMY
There's a reason Jezero Crater was chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance Rover: it is considered one of the likeliest places to...

There could be alien life on Mars, but will our rovers be able to find it?

MARS
Robotic rovers are currently exploring the surface of Mars. Part of a rover's mission is to survey the planet for signs of life. There...

Is there life on Mars? Better tools are needed to get the answer

MARS
Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet may not be sensitive enough...

Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on Mars

MARS
Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some of which kick up enough dust to be seen by telescopes on Earth. When dust particles...

Complex subsurface of Mars imaged by Chinese rover Zhurong

ASTRONOMY
Ground-penetrating radar from China's Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters and other geologic structures in the top five meters of the Red Planet's...
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