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'An oasis in the desert': NASA's Curiosity rover finds pure sulfur in Martian rocks
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a rare element on Mars after it drove over a rock and cracked it open.
Little Mars 'snowman' spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)
By Meredith Garofalo last updated
Do you see what we see? A stacked rock formation spotted by NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover looks like a dusty snowman!
Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty
By Stefanie Waldek published
The European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter has passed its design review, which validates its technical details and moves the project onto manufacturing and testing.
NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wraps up in Houston
By Mike Wall last updated
Four volunteers exited a mock Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center on July 6, bringing the agency's first year-long simulated Red Planet mission to an end.
Mars orbiter captures Red Planet scar that's longer than the Grand Canyon (image)
By Victoria Corless published
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has captured images of a huge crevice on Mars that looks awfully like a "scar" from above.
We could terraform Mars with desert moss — but does that mean we should?
By Victoria Corless published
A desert-dwelling moss could survive the extremes of a Martian environment and bounce back every time.
Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system's largest volcano
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.
Mars is an asteroid punching bag, NASA data reveals
By Keith Cooper published
Small asteroids have the Red Planet in their crosshairs more often than not, as Mars lander's seismometer detects their impacts.
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