An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint

New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a "blue planet," thanks to an ocean spanning its entire northern ...
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Mars gets solar eclipses too

NASA’s Perseverance rover captures video of solar eclipse on Mars. The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the ...

Legs made for a Mars landing

To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars ...

Mars Rover's Stunning Discovery Suggests Red Planet Was Once A Blue Planet

geological signatures indicate that around 3.4 billion years ago, a connected oceanic system existed on a planetary scale, ...

Mars has never looked so serene in this gorgeous image from a NASA rover

Nearly 14 years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars for a mission to explore the red planet and discover if it had an ...

Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms

A rover recently captured sounds of lightning crackling on Mars, over a decade after scientists uncovered the first evidence ...

NASA attempts to restore contact with AWOL orbiter that launched from Florida

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact ...
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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...
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NASA to Resume Search for Missing Mars Orbiter, But Prospects of Re-establishing Communication With It Seem Slim

Scientists haven't heard from the MAVEN orbiter since December 6. It had been studying the Martian atmosphere for over a ...
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NASA says it may have found clearest sign of life on Mars

NATIONWIDE — NASA announced on Wednesday that its Perseverance Mars rover may have found signs of ancient microbial life on the red planet. During a teleconference on Wednesday morning, acting NASA ...