Layering, not liquid: Astronomers explain Mars' watery reflections
Cornell astronomers believe bright reflections beneath the surface of Mars' South Pole are not necessarily evidence of liquid water, but ...
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NASA's stakeholder collaborations help inform Moon to Mars planning
NASA released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives Tuesday, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the ...
New clues about Mars' early atmosphere suggest a wet planet capable of supporting life
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that Mars was born wet, with a dense atmosphere allowing ...
China's Mars rover expected to resume work in December
China's Mars rover Zhurong, currently in sleep mode, is expected to wake up automatically in December when its energy level ...
Number of ancient Martian lakes might be dramatically underestimated
Lakes are bodies of water fed by rainfall, snowmelt, rivers and groundwater, through which, Earth is teeming with life. Lakes ...
InSight hears its first meteoroid impacts on Mars
NASA's InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not ...
James Webb Space Telescope sends back pictures of Mars
NASA announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope captured the blinding infrared light from Mars earlier this month. The ...
Scientists believe Mars rock samples contain organic matter
Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter. The four ...
NASA Mars Rover's rock samples to be studied for signs of life
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected four rock samples since July from the planet's surface, in an area the agency ...
Perseverance investigates geologically rich Mars terrain
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is ...