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Salty water could emerge onto the surface of Mars in some places

The existence of water on Mars is a contentious subject. We know there used to be water on the surface of the planet, though it’s...

Scientists find a ‘one-off gift’ from Martian meteorite

Scientists find the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact from a Martian meteorite. The new finding has implications for understanding when conditions...

Liquid water flowed on Mars much longer than previously thought

Mars once rippled with rivers and ponds billions of years ago, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the planet's atmosphere thinned over time,...

Liquid water on Mars may be only a dusty mirage

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet...

Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and sending the results back...

Organic molecules found in this Martian meteorite are not from the Earth, shows study

Organic molecules found in a meteorite that hurtled to Earth from Mars were synthesized during interactions between water and rocks that occurred on the...

This Mars-sized planet orbits extremely close to its host star

The planetary nature of a Mars-sized object orbiting extremely closely to an M-dwarf star has been validated using the Penn State Habitable-zone Planet Finder...

Scientists find one more common ground between earth and Mars

Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated in the inner solar system; only a few percent of the building blocks of...

Scientists find a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury

Ultra-short-period planets are small, compact worlds that whip around their stars at close range, completing an orbit — and a single, scorching year —...

False fossils on Mars could mislead the search for life, shows study

Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests. Rocks on Mars may contain...