The quest to find signs of ancient life on Mars
Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?
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The detective aboard NASA's Perseverance rover
Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction's best-known detectives will be represented on the Red Planet after NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. SHERLOC, an instrument on the end ...
Space Exploration
May 26, 2020
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Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks
By studying the chemical elements on Mars today—including carbon and oxygen—scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the conditions necessary to support life.
Astronomy
May 19, 2020
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Astrobiologists put Mars Rover life-detecting equipment to the test
Scientists have used the same methods that will soon be used to search for evidence of life on Mars to look for evidence of the earliest forms of life on Earth at a location in South Australia.
Space Exploration
May 4, 2020
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A year of surprising science from NASA's InSight Mars mission
A new understanding of Mars is beginning to emerge, thanks to the first year of NASA's InSight lander mission. Findings described in a set of six papers published today reveal a planet alive with quakes, dust devils and strange ...
Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2020
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'Martian CSI' reveals how asteroid impacts created running water under red planet
Modern analysis of Martian meteorites has revealed unprecedented details about how asteroid impacts help create temporary sources of running water on the red planet.
Space Exploration
Sep 5, 2019
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Farewell, Opportunity: Rover dies, but its hugely successful Mars mission is helping us design the next one
NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars has been officially pronounced dead. Its amazingly successful mission lasted nearly 15 years, well beyond its initial three-month goal. Opportunity provided the first proof that water once ...
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2019
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Western-led team may unlock rocky secrets of Mars
Humankind may be able to reach further back into the history of its nearest planetary neighbour, unlocking the secrets to the evolution, climate, and habitability of Mars, thanks to the efforts of a Western-led team tapped ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2019
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Martian drill set for Antarctic climate mission
A drill originally developed to break through Martian rocks is set to be deployed to Antarctica on a mission which could help us understand the history of Earth's changing climate.
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2019
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Five reasons to forget Mars for now and return to the moon
Hopes of colonising Mars rest on the premise that we could terraform the red planet, making it habitable for humans with a breathable atmosphere and clement temperatures. However, a recent study cast doubt on the idea, concluding ...
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Aug 20, 2018
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