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Sad. But beautiful. NASA has shared Opportunity's final photograph from the surface of Mars. The rover's final resting place is…
Could this be the end of the Opportunity rover? There's been no signal from the rover since last summer, when…
A tiny actuator on a sample arm on the Curiosity rover gave the first indication that a storm on the…
Mars is not only further from the Sun than Earth, but has an eccentric orbit that leads to a great…
Orbital images of Mars can provide useful information on the changing nature of the Martian surface. And eye candy too!
[/caption] Methane on Mars has long perplexed scientists; the short-lived gas has been measured in surprising quantities in Mars' atmosphere…