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1st-ever close-up photo of Mars' moon Deimos reveals the Red Planet's violent past
By Briley Lewis published
A satellite from the United Arab Emirates revealed that Mars' moon Deimos is made of the same material as the Red Planet itself, hinting at an ancient collision.

NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year together on Mars
By Harry Baker published
The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.

Bizarre sand dunes on Mars are 'almost perfectly circular,' and scientists don't know why
By Sascha Pare published
A high-resolution camera mounted on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of unusual, almost perfectly circular sand dunes on the Red Planet's surface.

See the first clear images of 'sun rays' on Mars in eerie new NASA photos
By Harry Baker published
The rays appear when sunlight shines through gaps in the cloud during sunrise or sunset and have never been seen this clearly on the Red Planet before.

China's Mars rover may be dead in the dust, new NASA images reveal
By Stephanie Pappas published
The Mars rover Zhurong hasn't moved since last fall, new orbiter images confirm, suggesting that the Chinese rover may be at the end of its lifespan.

Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns
By Jamie Carter published
Research in Chile's Atacama Desert suggests that the science instruments on the Red Planet aren't capable of detecting signs of long-dead microbial life.

NASA rover snaps photos of ancient 'waves' carved into Mars mountainside
By Stephanie Pappas published
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has photographed clear signs of ripples locked into a Martian rock, a sign of an ancient lake on the Red Planet's surface.

You have one last chance to view the green comet this week, thanks to a close flyby with Mars
By Ben Turner published
The green comet C/2022 E3, last seen 50,000 years ago, will zoom past Mars this week. This could be humanity’s last chance to see the comet up close.
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