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Mars Rover Discovers Traces of Ancient Martian Beaches
The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...
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NASA Rover Cracks Open Martian Rock, Revealing Clues to the Red Planet’s Hidden Past
NASA’s Curiosity rover has stumbled upon a remarkable surprise on Mars. While exploring the Gediz ... Describing the anomaly, Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Smooshed a Rock on Mars and Uncovered Hidden Clues
Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...
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China’s Mars rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water
Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new ...
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New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’
The evidence comes from data collected by China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021. Unlike other rovers traversing the planet, Zhurong arrived with ...
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Perseverance rover's Mars samples show traces of ancient water, but NASA needs them on Earth to seek signs of life
"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of ...
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NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the ...
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovers evidence of ripples from an ancient Red Planet lake (images)
Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert ... In November 2022, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged the Amapari Marker Band in the foothills of Mount Sharp, located in Gale Crater.