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With Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygen

November 14, 2019

On Mars, oxygen behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes

At Future Mars Landing Spot, Scientists Spy Mineral That Could Preserve Signs of Past Life

November 13, 2019

A new study shows that the rover's Jezero crater landing site is home to deposits of hydrated silica, a mineral that just hap...

Martian Landslides Not Conclusive Evidence of Ice

October 25, 2019

Research findings show for the first time that the unique structures on Martian landslides could have formed at high spe...

Mars Once Had Salt Lakes Similar to Earth

October 21, 2019

Texas A&M researchers found that Mars has undergone wet and dry periods and salt lakes formed similar to some found in So...

Ancient Oasis Once Existed on Mars

October 10, 2019

New findings from the ChemCam instrument show a dynamic Martian climate

A Material Way to Make Mars Habitable

July 16, 2019

Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gases keep Earth warm

Methane Vanishing on Mars: Danish Researchers Propose New Mechanism as an Explanation

July 3, 2019

An interdisciplinary research group from Aarhus University has proposed a previously overlooked physical-chemical process tha...

Mars Express Gets Festive: A Winter Wonderland on Mars

December 25, 2018

The ever-icy presence is due to an interesting phenomenon known as a "cold trap"

Mars Moon Got Its Grooves from Rolling Stones, Study Suggests

November 23, 2018

Computer models were used to simulate the movement of debris from Stickney crater, a huge gash on one end of Phobos' body...

Where Martian Dust Comes From

July 25, 2018

The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation...

Learning about the Himalayas Using Mars Technology

June 21, 2018

Researchers used data from the Earth orbiting satellite Terra in the same way planetary geologists have been using data from ...

Scientists Shrink Chemistry Lab to Seek Evidence of Life on Mars

May 25, 2018

Although the surface of Mars is inhospitable to known forms of life today, there is evidence that in the distant past, the Ma...

Microbes Living in a Toxic Volcanic Lake Could Hold Clues to Life on Mars

May 2, 2018

The team braved second-degree burns, sulfuric acid fumes, and the threat of eruptions to collect samples of water

New Technique for Finding Life on Mars

January 22, 2018

Researchers use multiple, miniature instruments to directly detect and analyze life in the Canadian high Arctic, one of ...

Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows

November 21, 2017

Planet appears to have water-restricted environment

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