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(Main) Earth's neighbor and humanity's number one target for exploration Mars (inset) Map of Mars illustrating the fourteen missions to Mars, key sites, and examples of artifacts contributing to the development of the archaeological record

Human artifacts abandoned on Mars should be cataloged to track our migration beyond Earth

By Victoria Corless published

Just as Homo sapiens once exploded out of Africa to colonize the Earth our influence is spreading in the solar system. New research says we must track the cosmic migration to Mars.

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an illustration of the night sky showing a reddish-orange orb near a nearly-full moon

See the moon meet up with Mars this in the night sky tonight

By Joe Rao published

On Dec. 17, the moon and Mars will appear close together in the night sky in the Gemini constellation.

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a rust orange yellow sky and landscape features a rocky surface in the foreground, with a large pointed hill beyond.

NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds

By Leonard David published

NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.

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a reddish-orange landscape with a large liquid lake

Carbon dioxide rivers? Ancient Mars' liquid may not all have been water

By Victoria Corless published

Scientists are rethinking a long-held belief that the liquid responsible for shaping Mars' surface must have been water.

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured this crystal-clear view of Mars and its two moons Phobos and Deimos in mid-July, when a massive dust storm was still raging across the planet's surface. Today, the Red Planet will reach opposition, when it is on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003 on Tuesday (July 31).

Sunny days on Mars come with a weather warning: Dust storms ahead!

By Keith Cooper published

Warmth on sunny days could be a major trigger for instigating dust storm activity on Mars.

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a rust orange yellow sky and landscape features a rocky surface in the foreground, with a large pointed hill beyond.

Cosmic rays may complicate the quest to find life on Mars

By Kiona N. Smith published

We may be racing against the clock to identify signs of life on Mars — and it's all because of cosmic rays.

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two grey rocks in orbit around a reddish-orange planet

Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

By Keith Cooper published

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.

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On the left an orange-brown sphere on the right a smooth black rock

Did alien life exist in hot water on Mars billions of years ago?

By Robert Lea published

Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests so.

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a partial panoramic view of a rusty landscape with large broken rocks embedded in the redbrown ground.

NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones

By Julian Dossett published

The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.

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Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet

By Keith Cooper published

"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."

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