NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed that the region on Mars it’s exploring, called the “clay-bearing unit,”…
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Mars
Strange Martian Mineral Deposit Likely Sourced From Volcanic Explosions
Ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions is the likely source of a strange mineral deposit near the…
Mars 2020 Mission Drops In on Death Valley
On a test flight in Death Valley, California, an Airbus helicopter carried an engineering model of…
On Mars, Sands Shift To A Different Drum
Wind has shaped the face of Mars for millennia, but its exact role in piling up…
How The Sun Pumps Out Water From Mars Into Space
Russian and German physicists have offered an explanation for the new data obtained by Martian satellites,…
Why This Martian Full Moon Looks Like Candy
For the first time, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a…
Mars Winds Clean InSight’s Solar Planels
The same winds that blanket Mars with dust can also blow that dust away. Catastrophic dust…
Mars Winds Clean InSight’s Solar Planels
The same winds that blanket Mars with dust can also blow that dust away. Catastrophic dust…
InSight Captures Sunrise and Sunset on Mars
A camera on the spacecraft’s robotic arm snapped the photos on April 24 and 25, the…
InSight Captures Sunrise and Sunset on Mars
A camera on the spacecraft's robotic arm snapped the photos on April 24 and 25, the…