The discovery suggests that parts of Mars may once have supported tropical-like climates, complete with heavy, sustained rainfall.
Each week this summer, Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com presents The Greatest Mysteries of the Cosmos, starting with our solar system. Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, gets its ...
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Mysterious Mars formations have scientists stumped
On a day like any other, astronomers peered into the depths of space and found something utterly perplexing on the Martian surface. High-resolution images from orbiting missions revealed bizarre ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a coral-shaped rock on Mars. Though not alive, its shape reveals clues about the planet’s geology. Small discoveries like this help scientists decode Mars’ ancient past ...
NASA’s Mars InSight spacecraft, scheduled to launch on Saturday, is headed to one of the most boring places on the red planet. Its landing spot will be Elysium Planitia, an idyllically named expanse ...
CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...
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