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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart
A new theory proposes that Phobos and Deimos resulted from the wreckage of a larger asteroid that wandered too close to Mars and was ripped apart.
Did alien life exist in hot water on Mars billions of years ago?
Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests so.
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.
Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet
"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was caused by magmatic activity that still occurs periodically on Mars to the present day."
China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean
Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.
On ancient Mars, carbon dioxide ice kept the water running. Here's how
Huge shells of frozen carbon dioxide at Mars' south polar cap resulted in subsurface meltwater, which fed a huge system of rivers, lakes and even a sea, a new study suggests.
Boost for Mars life? Red Planet's magnetic field may have lasted longer than thought
Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving life a longer window to take hold on the Red Planet.
