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Perseverance rover
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Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest research
ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) Gareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham A recent study showed that Mars was warm and…
Could life exist on Mars today? Here’s what the latest evidence says
Part of the ancient lake delta in Jezero Crater on Mars. JPL-Caltech Seán Jordan, Dublin City University and…
NASA’s rover finds potential sign of life on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered potential biosignatures in a Martian rock sample, indicating the presence of iron-rich minerals and organic carbon, which suggests a past habitable environment that may have been sustained by microbial life.
Study: Mars self-regulated as a desert planet
New research suggests a negative feedback loop involving carbon-trapping rocks may have doomed Mars to become a self-regulating desert planet with only fleeting periods of habitability.
Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here
Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS John Bridges, University of Leicester A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on…