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Space Exploration

After a reboot, Mars’ Curiosity rover is operating normally

The spacecraft encountered a hurdle last Friday, when a hiccup during boot-up interrupted its planned activities and triggered a protective safe mode

Solar System

Spacecraft sees Martian moon Phobos in a new light

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has gained its first look at the moon, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths

News

Martian trenches likely to become channels on Mars

Erosion-carved troughs may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian “spiders”

News

Discovery of new gas on Mars provides more evidence for habitability

Boron has been identified for the first time on the surface of the Red Planet, indicating the potential for long-term habitable groundwater in the ancient past

News

Mars’ ice deposits hold as much water as world’s greatest lake

Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on the Red Planet lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior

News

Curiosity rover heads uphill for new chapter on Mars

After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet, NASA’s mobile laboratory is driving toward other destinations

News

Ancient Mars’ lakes formed much later than initially thought

Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams appeared roughly a billion years after a well-documented, earlier era of wet conditions

News

Evaporation of ancient lakes formed Mars’ mineral veins

Formations found in Mars’ Gale Crater were formed by the drying up of great bodies of water, a new study has shown

News

Modern Martian gullies not formed by abundant water, spacecraft finds

Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that ravines on the Red Planet could be being made by carbon dioxide

Space Exploration

Watch LIVE: NASA announces new Mars rover

Tune in at 17:00 UTC to find out more about the next spacecraft to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet

News

Mars was much more Earth-like in its past than previously thought, Curiosity finds

Chemicals found in Martian rocks by the rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now

News

Curiosity sends ‘picture perfect’ postcard from Mount Sharp, Mars

The Martian image comes after NASA’s rover drilled its eighth hole on the Red Planet

News

Opportunity prepares for an active winter on the Red Planet

The rover’s operators plan to use the vehicle through the upcoming Martian winter in order to conduct a survey of Marathon Valley

Solar System

What would Martian life be like?

Astrobiologist Charles Cockrell tells us what creatures we might find on Mars

Solar System

See a 14-mile high volcano

Witness this monster of a Martian supervolcano – the tallest peak in the Solar System

News

Will comet 2013 A1 smash into the Martian surface in October 2014?

Comet 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is set for a close encounter with the Red Planet in late 2014.

Space Exploration

When will Curiosity stop working?

How long will NASA’s Mars rover last for?

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