NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...
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Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...
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Deep radar scan reignites hopes for habitability on Mars as planet isn’t as dry as thought

To verify the MARSIS findings, scientists are now using the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. SHARAD operates at higher frequencies but previously couldnt ...

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Perseverance Discovers "Alien Rock" on the Red Planet

A rock that is described as "unusually shaped" and "not meant to be on the surface of Mars" has nevertheless made its way to ...

Perseverance rover spots mysterious 'visitor from outer space' rock on Mars surface after 4 years

NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, ...
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Flagstaff and Percival Lowell played a big role in America’s obsession with life on Mars

Science writer David Baron explores the initial interest in whether there was life on Mars in his latest book, "The Martians: ...
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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...

Maybe that's not liquid water on Mars after all

Ancient Mars boasted abundant water, but the cold and dry conditions of today make liquid water on the Red Planet seem far ...

Not of this world: Mystery as NASA discovers ‘sculpted’ alien rock on surface of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made another strange discovery. While investigating the Vernodden area of Jezero Crater – ...
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Deep 'scratches' and craters on Mars tell the tale of a Red Planet ice age

Coloe Fossae was shaped by powerful tectonics, which stretched and cracked Mars's crust, causing chunks of ground to collapse ...

Tracking the winds that have turned Mars into a planet of dust

Researcher Valentin Bickel wanted to know just how intense winds can be on the red planet. Using data obtained by the Mars ...