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Deep 'scratches' and craters on Mars tell the tale of a Red Planet ice age

New images from the Mars Express orbiter reveal evidence of a past ice age at Mars's mid-latitudes and shine light on the ...

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
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Mars orbiter spies 'barcode' aftermath of rare Red Planet avalanche caused by meteoroid impact

On Christmas Eve in 2023, a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft captured what looks like a barcode etched into the rusty ...

Tracking the winds that have turned Mars into a planet of dust

Researcher Valentin Bickel wanted to know just how intense winds can be on the red planet. Using data obtained by the Mars ...
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Life on Mars: NASA may have just found proof we’re not alone in the universe

NASA’s Perseverance rover finds possible biological traces in Martian rocks — the strongest hint yet that life may have ...

On Mars, meteorites can cause miles-long dust slides

“Dust, wind and sand dynamics appear to be the main seasonal drivers of slope streak formation,” Bickel said in a statement. ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket landed its booster on a barge at sea – an achievement that will broaden the commercial spaceflight market

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully made its way to orbit for the second time on Nov. 13, 2025. Although the second launch is never as flashy as the first, this mission is still significant in ...