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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Tracks Geological Changes on Mars and Delivers Critical Findings
NASA’s Curiosity Rover continued its investigation of Mars with a mix of scientific observations and geological analyses. As ...
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The largest chunk of Mars on Earth just fetched a meteoric sum at auction, but bidders really bit at a baby dinosaur skeleton
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
Insane Curiosity on MSN8h
Are Planet-Wide Ice Ages Possible on Mars and Venus?
Earth’s terrifying Cryogenic Period nearly wiped out life 750 million years ago. With shared features across rocky planets, ...
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Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes
Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, ...
Live Science on MSN23h
Mars Gets Solar Eclipses Too
NASA’s Perseverance rover captures video of solar eclipse on Mars. The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the ...
Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
Space.com on MSN22h
Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can guide future Red Planet missions
"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary scientist at Brown University and lead author of the study, told Space.com by ...
Liquid brines discovered on Mars surface during seasonal frost melting
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding ...