"The Gale lake environment, as revealed by these ancient rocks, gives us a window into a habitable environment." ...
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When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
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Perseverance will stay on Mars forever, but the majority of its carefully packaged samples are meant to return to Earth. The ...
Celestial Mystery Mysteries abound on the planet Mars — from the tantalizing traces of ancient riverbeds on its surface to ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
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In the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20 years, when NASA’s plucky ...
NASA's Perseverance rover has a new Mars buddy after a rock got caught inside one of its wheels. The hitchhiker seems to be ...