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Mars Auroras Glow Without a Magnetic Field. Here Is How.
Mars has auroras, but they do not work like the ones on Earth. On our planet, the magnetic field funnels solar
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China's Tianwen-1 Snaps Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Racing Past Mars
A Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars has captured an interstellar visitor racing through the solar system. The T
🇺🇸 United States
Mars Has Two Kinds of Auroras and Neither Works Like Earth's
Mars has auroras, but they do not behave like the ones on Earth. NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has found that the Re
🇺🇸 United States
Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Impacts Hidden in Crater Rocks
The rocks beneath NASA's Perseverance rover are telling a story of violent collisions that shaped Mars billion
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Metallic Waves on Mars: Shiny Dunes Found in Ancient Crater
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has spotted what look like metallic waves rippling across the
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NASA rover completes a marathon on Mars in record time
A robot just ran a marathon on another planet. And it did it in half the time of the last one. NASA's Persever
🇺🇸 United States
Mars Rover Finds Pure Sulfur Crystals in Unexpected Place
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a discovery on Mars that has scientists scratching their heads: pure sulfur cr
🇨🇳 China
A desert moss from China could survive on Mars
A humble desert moss found in China's Xinjiang region can endure the brutal conditions of Mars, according to n
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Over 30 Dust Devils Spotted Hiding in Plain Sight on Mars
Dozens of tornado-like whirlwinds have been caught moving across the surface of Mars, all at once, in a single
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ExoMars Rover Targets Massive Clay Bed in Search for Ancient Martian Life
A new study reveals that clay deposits at the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover's landing site stretch far beyon
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Curiosity Drills Into Mars Rock After Months of Searching
After months of searching across the Martian terrain, NASA's Curiosity rover finally drilled into a rock and c
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A Mineral Fingerprint Reveals Mars Was Once Much Colder Than Thought
Mars may have been a cold, icy world for most of its ancient history, not the warm and wet planet scientists o
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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Slingshots Past Mars on Way to Metal Asteroid
A NASA spacecraft aimed at a rare metal asteroid has just pulled off a high speed flyby of Mars, using the red
🇺🇸 United States
NASA's Psyche Probe Snaps Mars South Pole During Flyby
A NASA spacecraft built to explore a metal asteroid just sent back crisp new views of the Martian south pole.
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Mars Has a Hidden Electric Current Wrapping Around It
Mars is wrapped in an invisible electric current, and no one saw it coming. NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has detect
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NASA fires up lithium thruster that could push humans to Mars
A new thruster at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California just reached power levels higher tha
🇨🇱 Chile
Mars Rover Hits a Wall in a Place Named After Chile's Atacama Desert
A NASA rover on Mars tried to drill into a rock and failed. The target was a flat, fractured stone at a locati
