How NASA’s Curiosity rover changed the Mars landing forever (photos)
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Underground reservoir on Mars could fill oceans on planet’s surface, study finds
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Hundreds of basketball-sized space rocks hit Mars every year
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Mars is an asteroid punching bag, reveals NASA data
Meteorites impact Mars at a rate up to 10 times more frequent than previously estimated, according to two new research papers that identified the seismic …
A solar storm wakes up Mars in radiation and auroras flicker in the Red Planet’s sky (video)
Because of the solar storms that led to the impressive auroras seen around the world on May 10, Mars also lashed out, sparking auroras over …
Is there really a huge subsurface lake near the south pole of Mars?
New computer simulations have cast doubt on the possibility of a lake of liquid water trapped under the southern ice of Mars, suggesting that dense …
‘We thought it was impossible:’ water frost on Mars found near the Red Planet’s equator
Water frost is visible at the equator of Mars for the first time. In this region of the Red Planet, which is equivalent to its …
Headline ‘hole’ on Mars could be key to Red Planet exploration
A mysterious pit on an ancient side volcano on Mars it has recently been excited about what it might reveal about the surface of the …
Europa’s upcoming Mars rover has a detailed map to aid its search for ancient life on the Red Planet (video)
We now have a better picture of where the European Space Agency is Rosalind Franklin’s ExoMars Rover he will be driving when he lands Mars …
Giant Mars asteroid impact creates a huge field of destruction with 2 billion craters
More than two million years ago, a giant asteroid crashed into Mars, splitting the surface with one giant crater and about two billion smaller individual …