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The findings offer the most direct subsurface evidence of an ancient ocean on the red planet. Although orbital images have identified ancient shorelines that suggest the northern lowlands of Mars ...

Diagram not to scale. Future missions, such as ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover and NASA's Mars Sample Return program, could provide samples to confirm this hypothesis. Direct analysis of Martian dust ...

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With its iconic rusty hue, Mars has long been called the red planet. Now, scientists may have discovered the potential source of that distinctive coloring, overturning a popular theory in the process.