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NASA’s Perseverance rover finds a doughnut-shaped rock on Mars

The pareidolia crowd is sure to have a field day with this! Once again, an oddly-shaped rock has been spotted on Mars. Once again, the...

Melting ice on Mars could be the creator of mysterious gullies, says study

A group of scientists from Brown University have recently uncovered new details about Mars.

How and why NASA gives a name to every spot it studies on Mars

"The No. 1 reason we pick all these names is to help the team keep track of what they're finding each day," said Ashwin Vasavada.

China’s Zhurong Rover found evidence of an ancient ocean on Mars

In a recent study published in National Science Review, a team of researchers led by the China University of Geosciences discuss direct evidence of...

Scientists unveil a 5.7 terapixel global image of Mars

A planet-spanning online image of Mars created at a scale of 5 meters per pixel was unveiled today. The image is freely available to the...

Scientists discover remnants of relict glacier near the equator on Mars

If there is still water ice preserved at shallow depths at a low latitude on Mars, there would be implications for science and human...

Robots on Mars could steal a trick from Hansel and Gretel

Researchers have developed technology that would allow a flock of robots to explore subsurface environments on other worlds. “Lava tubes and caves would make perfect...

NASA’s Curiosity finds surprise clues to Mars’ watery past

Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be...

NASA’s Curiosity finds another metal meteorite on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is going about its business exploring Mars. The high-tech rover is currently exploring the sulphate-bearing unit on Mt. Sharp, the central...

Souped up Hall thrusters might get people to Mars

Running more propellant through a Hall thruster might power a crewed mission to Mars, experiments suggest. It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind...