Mars
Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate planet
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New findings bring us closer to knowing the precise timing and duration of Mars' dynamo—a flow of molten metal within the planet's core that produces an electrical current
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Four-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules discovered in Martian meteorites using advanced analytical techniques
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There is evidence that rivers once coursed across the Martian surface; a new study shows the water flowed long enough to record signs of ancient life as well
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Bacteria live in tiny clay-filled cracks in solid rock millions of years old
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Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to organic building blocks
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Organic compounds called thiophenes were recently discovered on Mars and an astrobiologist thinks their presence would be consistent with the presence of early life on the planet
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Series of articles shares results of the InSight lander mission on Mars in its first few months of operation
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New study finds surface waters on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life
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On Mars, oxygen behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes
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