Among the mountainous dunes and small, undulating ripples of Mars' desert-like surface are sand structures, intermediate in size, that are not quite like anything on Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 14, 2022
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NASA is launching two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to return Martian rocks and soil samples to Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 27, 2022
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NASA's newest Mars rover may have successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2021
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A NASA team has found that organic salts are likely present on Mars. Like shards of ancient pottery, these salts are the chemical remnants of organic compounds, such as those previously detected by NASA's Curiosity rover. ...
Space Exploration
May 21, 2021
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The mystery of the Martian methane continues.
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2019
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory's ...
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2014
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(Phys.org)—Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash memory.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2013
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot ...
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2013
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