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China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.
Meteorite found in a drawer at university contains 700-million-year-old evidence of water on Mars
By Stephanie Pappas published
The Lafayette meteorite was discovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931, with no clear indication of how it got there. A new analysis of the rock reveals evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago.
Boost for Mars life? Red Planet's magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought
By Keith Cooper published
Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet.
Perseverance rover watches 'googly eye' solar eclipse from Mars
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.
Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover
By Conor Feehly published
NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.
Father-daughter team decodes 'alien signal' from Mars that stumped the world for a year
By Stephanie Pappas published
A father and daughter team based in the U.S. have decoded a mock "alien signal" beamed from ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter a year ago — but the meaning of the extraterrestrial message remains a mystery.
Most of Earth's meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots
By Conor Feehly published
Scientists say they've uncovered where the vast majority of Earth's meteorites came from.
Perseverance rover watches a solar eclipse on Mars
By Stefanie Waldek published
On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos crossing the sun's face.
Tiny photosynthetic aliens could be lurking in hidden bubbles in Mars' ice — and could soon be replicated on Earth
By Harry Baker published
A new NASA-led study suggests that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in hidden bubbles of meltwater below patches of ice on Mars. This could be one of the easiest places to search for extraterrestrial life "anywhere in the universe," the team says.
'Lost in insignificance': Here's what it's like to rappel into the solar system's largest canyon
By John E. Moores, Jesse Rogerson published
"You wanted this moment to belong just to yourself and the landscape: sunset on the rim of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system."
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