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NASA Mars satellite uncovers markings 'like paint dripping down a wall' on Martian surfaceWave-like soil patterns on the Martian surface match those found in Earth's cold, mountain regions, which could help scientists better understand the Red Planet's climate history and search for signs of life.
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Mysterious, out-of-place 'Skull' rock on Mars leaves scientists baffledNASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin.
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Life on Mars could survive — so long as you're one of these strange, hybrid lifeformsResearchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.
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Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rockNASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced by biological processes.
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NASA rover reveals signs of crucial life-sustaining process on MarsSamples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the planet.
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Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible timeA new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.
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NASA rover watches 'fiendish' Martian 'dust devils' collide in rare case of extraterrestrial cannibalismVideo footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover shows a small "dust devil" merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.
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Mars: Facts about the Red Planet, its moons, and possibilities for lifeDiscover interesting facts about Mars, its moons, its atmosphere, and the possibilities of life.
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Perseverance rover spots peculiar 'spider egg' rock on Mars — and scientists have no idea how it got thereOn March 11, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains of microbial life on Mars.
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