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Ancient Cracked Mud Found on Mars
A recent study published in Nature examines how mud cracks observed on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover could provide insight…
Perseverance Sees Drifting Clouds on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover mission provided a bluish pre-sunrise gift above Jezero Crater on March 18, 2022, aka Sol 738, or…
Curiosity Sees Spectacular Crepuscular Rays in Martian Clouds
NASA's Curiosity Rover usually looks down at the ground, studying nearby rocks and craters. But sometimes, it looks up and…
Our Best Instruments Couldn’t Find Life on Mars
The planet Mars is arguably the most extensively studied planetary body in the entire Solar System, which began with telescopic…
Dust Storms on Mars Generate Static Electricity. What Does This Do to Its Surface?
A new study shows how electrical discharges caused by Martian storms drives some major chemical processes on the planet's surface.
Curiosity Just Found its Strongest Evidence of Ancient Water and Waves on Mars
This week, NASA’s Curiosity rover stumbled across the best evidence yet that liquid water once covered much of Mars in…
Mars Has Bizarre Dunes Thanks to its Low Atmospheric Pressure and Strange Winds
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers led by Stanford University used artificial intelligence…
Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?
The Curiosity rover has now reached its primary target on Mount Sharp on Mars, the mountain in the middle of…
The “Doorway on Mars” is More Like a Dog Door
Mars Curiosity rover took a panorama of this rock cliff during its trip across Mount Sharp on Mars. Circled is…
Eight Missions are Getting Extensions, Most Exciting: OSIRIS-REx is Going to Asteroid Apophis
NASA has granted mission extensions to eight different planetary missions, citing the continued excellent operations of the spacecraft, but more…