Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient microbes ...
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Wind drives geology on Mars these days
A new paper based on exploration by the NASA's Curiosity Mars rover-and reviewed by an astronaut while she was on ...
Searching for Frost at Jezero Crater
We've all walked outside on a cold morning and seen frost on the grass, but you might be surprised to ...
Glaciers flowed on ancient Mars, but slowly
The weight and grinding movement of glaciers has carved distinctive valleys and fjords into Earth's surface. Because Mars lacks similar ...
Martian rock-metal composite shows potential of 3D printing on Mars
A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with ...
MAVEN and EMM make first observations of patchy proton aurora at Mars
NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission and the United Arab Emirates' Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) have released joint ...
MIT's MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars
On the red and dusty surface of Mars, nearly 100 million miles from Earth, an instrument the size of a ...
A vast and mysterious valley system in the southern Martian highlands
These images, acquired using with DLR High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), reveal a chaotic region on our neighbouring planet. It ...
Radar images from Perseverance reveal underground surprises
After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is ...
New research sheds light on when Mars may have had water
Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will ...