Scientists Identify Cyanobacteria That’s a Master for Survival on Mars
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For humans to truly colonize Mars, we need to overcome a number of problems, the least of which is getting…
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InSight Delivers Surprising Subsurface Water Readings on Mars
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NASA InSight lander has greatly contributed to our understanding of the red planet. The lander has helped us better understand…
Hair-Like Object Spotted in Mars Rover Image
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A hair-like structure can be seen in an image taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover sampling area on Mars. The mission’s…
Exotic Mineral on Mars Produced After Explosive Volcanic Eruption
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A mineral discovered in Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity rover has puzzled Mars researchers for years: “What is Tridamyte doing…
Perseverance Rover Fires its Lasers on Mars
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It is important to pay attention to details when it comes to rocks from Mars. To study the rocks collected…
Breathtaking Images From Orbit Show Mars’ “Grand Canyon”
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In the latest image release from ESA’s Mars Express, we get a unique look at two ruptures in the martian…
Out-of-place Object Photographed by Perseverance on Mars Disappears
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A mysterious object that appeared in images taken earlier this month by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has vanished, CNN reports….
NASA Rover Spots “Out-Of-Place” Artifact on Mars
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Mars continues to provide us with entertaining stories. As the Perseverance rover slowly explores the surface of our neighboring planet,…
NASA Identifies Location Where to Place the First Space Port on Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance rover surveyed the ancient delta to determine if future round-trip missions could land in Jezero Crater. Analysis of…
Evidence of More Recent Presence of Water on Mars
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The fan-shaped sedimentary landforms found on Mars, which were the result of liquid water currents, extend Mars’ wet history by…
There is As Much Organic Carbon in Rocks on Mars as in Those of the Atacama Desert
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured the total organic carbon content of rocks on Mars for the first time using data…
Ancient Life on Mars? Perseverance Rover Finds Curious Rocks
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The Perseverance rover, NASA’s latest, state-of-the-art rover on Mars, continues its journey on the surface of the red planet. Its…
Strange Honeycomb Patterns on Mars Revealed in new HiRISE Photographs
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Of all the planets in the solar system, none is as mysterious and interesting to humans as Mars. This is…
Glaciers on Mars’ South Pole Flow Just like on Earth
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A paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Isaac Smith says glaciers of carbon dioxide are moving across Mars’ south…
Scientists Find How Life Evolved on Earth and Probably on Mars
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RNA, an analog of DNA that is likely the oldest genetic material for life on the planet, spontaneously forms on…
NASA’s InSight Lander is Dying on Mars
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This summer, NASA’s InSight Mars lander will cease science operations as its power slowly exhausts. With the lander expected to…
“Mystery Door” Photographed on Mars Raises Speculation About Alien Civilizations
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The red planet –the fourth planet from the Sun and Earth’s cousin world– is one of the most fascinating places…
Monstrous Quake Rocks Mars, NASA Lander Records It
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Studying the interior of Mars One of the unresolved issues in the study of the interior of Mars is whether…
The Curious Case Of Mars’ Disappearing Frosty Terrain
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Mars is truly a fascinating planet. Long thought to have been barren and dead, the red planet has proven otherwise…
Moon Dirt Can Help us Travel to Mars and Into the Stars
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According to a study by Chinese scientists published in the journal Joule, our Moon’s soil contains active compounds that can…
NASA Helicopter Flies Over Landing Site on Mars Revealing the Garbage We’ve Left Behind
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Humankind is making exceptional progress in exploring the solar system. We have already landed astronauts on the Moon and will…
NASA Says Martian Far Side Has Witnessed the Largest Marsquakes to Date
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For the first time, planetary scientists using the automatic station InSight recorded marsquakes on the far side of Mars. Both…