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NASA rover Perseverance survives death-defying plunge, lands safely on Mars
By Rafi Letzter published
NASA's rhinoceros-size Perseverance rover pulled off the most precise landing in Martian history Thursday (Feb. 18), touching down successfully in Jezero crater.

Mars: Mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
By David Rothery published
The best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface!

NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days
By Mike Wall published
The life-hunting Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30, is scheduled to land inside Jezero Crater on the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021.

Scientists discover evidence of ancient, nitrogen-rich Martian groundwater hiding in Antarctica
By Rafi Letzter published
Martian meteorites found in Antarctica in the 1980s just gave up the ghosts of ancient water, rich in organic nitrogen, that existed on Mars.

6 Reasons Astrobiologists Are Holding Out Hope for Life on Mars
By Isobel Whitcomb published
There are some very good reasons to believe that primitive lifeforms may lurk on the Red Planet.

Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface
By Isobel Whitcomb published
Don't get too excited just yet.

Mars Was Once Covered in Wide, Raging Rivers
By Rafi Letzter published
Mars was very wet until suddenly it wasn't. And scientists still aren't sure why.

NASA Discovered Evidence of Life on Mars 40 Years Ago, Then Set It On Fire
By Brandon Specktor published
The Viking landers that touched down on Martian soil in the 1970s may have set all the evidence for carbon-based life-forms on fire, a new study suggests.
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