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Ancient beach on Mars discovered by China's Mars rover: 'This strengthens the case for past habitability'
From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.
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NASA scientists in shock as rock on Mars spills small yellow treasure when the Curiosity rover drives over it
Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...
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Kaolinite Mineral Found on Mars Suggests Possibility of Ancient Life
Scientists have discovered kaolinite mineral on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was once warm and wet.
Unburied treasure: Rover researchers find unexpected minerals on Mars that hint at possibility of ancient life
Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Smooshed a Rock on Mars and Uncovered Hidden Clues
Perseverance is pushing the limits of Martian science by using its SHERLOC instrument to detect organic compounds, but harsh ...
Scientists Just Found a New Way to Search for Life on Mars
Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.
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New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’
The evidence comes from data collected by China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021. Unlike other rovers traversing the planet, Zhurong arrived with ...
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How the Zhurong Mars rover’s special features helped it survive on the Red Planet
The adverse environment is challenging for humans to land on and explore. This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and ...