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You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While the grub itself may be long gone, a record of dinosaurs' favorite foods has been stowed away in their...
An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central Germany, offering fresh insights into the early evolutionary history of archosauromorphs. of...

Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another

The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several red planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of Jezero Crater. A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a...

A step towards life on Mars? Lichens survive Martian simulation in new study

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including exposure to ionizing radiation, while maintaining a metabolically...

Unusual Martian mounds could help solve one of the red planet’s biggest mysteries

Thousands of mysterious mounds on Mars preserve layers of evidence pointing to ancient water on the red planet that likely sculpted the towering formations. More...

Where’s the most promising place to find Martian life?

New research suggests that our best hopes for finding existing life on Mars isn't on the surface, but buried deep within the crust. Several years...

Chinese rover finds evidence of ancient Martian ocean

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ancient...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock

Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before...

Curiosity captures a martian day, from dawn to dusk

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...

Scientists discover molten layer covering Martian core

NASA's InSight mission to Mars helped scientists map out Mars' internal structure, including the size and composition of its core, and provided general hints...

NASA’s Perseverance captures dust-filled Martian whirlwind

The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater by NASA's Perseverance rover on...

NASA’s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith

NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to...

Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite’s original home

Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could...

Software upgrade for 19-year-old martian water-spotter

The MARSIS instrument on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, famous for its role in the discovery of signs of liquid water on the Red Planet,...

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