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Water persisted in Mars' Gale crater for longer than previously thought, study findsBillions of years ago, Mars was home to abundant water, and its Gale crater contained a lake. Gradually, the climate changed, drying the red planet and creating the dusty desert world we know today.
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring the rugged, red terrain of Mars, has sent back a striking image of the planet’s rocky landscape, igniting excitement and curiosity among space enthusiasts ...
For the fourth year in a row, iridescent clouds of frozen CO2 are lighting the Martian sky. The clouds appear in the same place, at the same time of year.
NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for ...
The extraordinary landing of a revolutionary rover named Curiosity—which successfully touched down inside the Gale Crater—means we have wheels down on the planet once again, in the form of the ...
The rover landed on the Gale Crater, a place carefully chosen by NASA scientists. It's thought to be the site of an old lake and researchers hope to uncover signs of life there. Curiosity travels ...
This image of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere, captured on July 9, 2013, is a composite created from 102 images taken by the Viking Orbiter. NASA's Curiosity rover uses two cameras to take a selfie ...
This week’s selection is the Mont Mercou on Mars 3D model by Simeon Schmauß of LPG Nantes. This is a landscape model, but with a difference: it’s a large rocky outcrop that actually exists on the ...
This view of Mars' Valles Marineris hemisphere from July 9, 2013, is a mosaic of 102 Viking Orbiter images. At the centre is the Valles Marineris canyon, over 2,000 km long and up to 8 km deep. This ...
In 2012, NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity photographed an outcrop with sedimentary structures resembling Earth's cross-bedded sandstones. The cross bedding, with large-scale layers sloping to the left, ...
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