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Chinese scientists build model Mars atmosphere to aid sample-return plans

Chinese scientists have constructed a numerical model to simulate the Martian atmosphere and thus assist the country's plans to return rock samples from the Red Planet.

Space

Say goodbye to Mars! The Red Planet hides behind the sun for 2 weeks

Mars will disappear from the sky for a few weeks on Saturday (Nov. 18), moving to the opposite side of the sun as seen from Earth during the Red Planet’s period of solar conjunction.

Space

ESA’s ExoMars Mission Detects Visible Nightglow In Martian Atmosphere

Mars Reveals Green Nightglow, Illuminating Path for Future Astronauts

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover celebrates 4,000 'sols' on the Red Planet

As NASA's Curiosity rover passes 4,000 'sols,' or Martian days, on the Red Planet, a Space.com reporter who began work in 2012 reflects on what that means.

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Citizen scientists detect patterns in clouds over Mars

Citizen scientists working with the NASA Cloudspotting project have used data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to observe when and where water and carbon dioxide clouds cluster over the Red Planet.

Space

'Mystery explosion' on sun launches coronal mass ejection at Mars

The sun has launched a surprise CME directly at Mars, which could spark auroras and damage the Red Planet's atmosphere when it hits on Sept. 1.

LiveScience

Just 22 people are needed to colonize Mars — as long as they are the right personality type, study claims

Researchers estimated that as few as 22 people would be needed to sustain a colony on Mars. But there are lots of caveats, and the new study largely misses the point of colonizing the Red Planet in the first place, experts say.

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We could start a settlement on Mars with just 22 people, scientists say

Mars settlements could operate with much fewer people than previously thought, a new study found, while also demonstrating the type of person best suited to a stay up to 28 years on the Red Planet.

Space

Bizarre polygons on Mars' surface hint that alien life on Red Planet was possible

A patchwork of polygon-shaped cracks in ancient Martian mud are evidence of past wet-dry cycles, which could have helped extraterrestrial life emerge on the Red Planet.

LiveScience

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Marks 11 Years On Mars With Toughest Climb Yet

The car-sized robot has been exploring the Red Planet since August 2012

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New Lego Technic Perseverance Mars rover was a 'thrill' says JPL advisor

Step 337 in assembling Lego's NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Technic model is to you install your name — assuming you were one of the nearly 11 million people who signed up to fly on the real rover.

Space

Water on Mars carved deep gullies and left a 'great puzzle' for Red Planet history

Gullies on Mars may have formed when the Red Planet was highly tilted on its side, triggering dramatic shifts in climate that sent water cascading down slopes to carve out ravines.

Space

Good news for life: Mars rivers flowed for long stretches long ago

Some rivers on ancient Mars flowed for long enough stretches to create bona fide habitable environments on the Red Planet, a new study suggests.

Space

Mars orbiter spies a tiny Earth and moon from the Red Planet (photos)

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft celebrated 20 years in space by taking a nostalgic glance back at Earth and the moon.

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Building blocks of Mars life? Perseverance rover digs up diverse set of organic molecules on the Red Planet

NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.

Space

See the Red Planet Mars shine beside the blue star Regulus tonight

Look to the western skies on Monday evening (July 10) to see the Red Planet, Mars, shining steadily above the twinkling blueish star Regulus.

Nottingham Post

'Swiss cheese' rock photographed by NASA on Mars

The Perseverance rover is exploring the Red Planet

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NASA photographs 'Swiss cheese' rock on Mars

The Perseverance rover is exploring the Red Planet

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You've never seen Mars like this. Amazing NASA photos reveal Red Planet in ultraviolet light

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft photographed the Red Planet in July 2022 and January 2023, showcasing its rapidly changing seasons.

LiveScience

NASA's Curiosity rover snaps extremely detailed 'postcard' of Martian landscape after waking up from a 'brain-boosting nap'

The new panorama snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover combines photos from two different times of day to create a highly detailed image of the Red Planet.

Space

See Mars like never before in this amazing new photo from a 20-year-old probe

A new mosaic image released to celebrate 20 years of the Mars Express spacecraft shows the Red Planet as never seen before, revealing a multitude of features across its worn and scarred surface.

Space

Live from Mars! European probe beams Red Planet views to Earth in 1st-ever video feat

The European Space Agency held the first-ever "livestream from Mars" today (June 2), beaming home photos from its Mars Express orbiter in near-real time.

Daily Mirror

Incredible footage of Mars streamed live - see pics of the Red Planet

For the first time in history, images of the Red Planet have been beamed across our screens thanks to the European Space Agency, which is live-streaming the surface of Mars

Space

Watch live views of Mars from a European probe at the Red Planet in a 1st-of-its-kind livestream today

The European Space Agency will livestream imagery from its Mars Express probe in near-real time today (June 2) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the orbiter's launch.

France 24

Experiencing Martian Life in Arizona: NASA's Mars Mission Simulation

In a bold stride towards the cosmos, the concept of settling on Mars is no longer just a flight of fancy. A number of ambitious plans for Martian travel and colonisation are underway, but first, why not simulate the conditions on Earth? NASA's Mars Mission in the United States has…

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