This image of dark dunes on Mars was taken on Feb. 6, 2016, at 15:16 local Mars time by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These dunes are influenced by local ...
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Some dusty parts of Mars get as cold at night year-round as the planet's poles do in winter, even regions near the equator in summer, according to new NASA findings based on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observations.
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Puzzles persist about possible water at seasonally dark streaks on Martian slopes, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the Red Planet's largest canyon system.
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Jul 8, 2016
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Ever since it was announced that there may be evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, NASA scientists have wondered how best to further investigate these long, seasonally changing dark streaks in the hope of finding ...
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Jun 27, 2016
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ESA's first Mars orbiter will provide an important helping hand when the second arrives at the Red Planet in October.
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Jun 16, 2016
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"Marathon Valley," slicing through a large crater's rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA's Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on.
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Jun 15, 2016
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After decades of research to discern seasonal patterns in Martian dust storms from images showing the dust, but the clearest pattern appears to be captured by measuring the temperature of the Red Planet's atmosphere.
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Jun 10, 2016
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We all intuitively understand the basics of time. Every day we count its passage and use it to schedule our lives.
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Jun 8, 2016
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Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says if things go according to plan people will be on Mars just nine years from now.
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