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A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

India is preparing for Mangalyaan-2, a follow-up to its successful Mars Orbiter Mission. ISRO plans to achieve a historic ...

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To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then ...

In the days and hours leading up to the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, Adam Steltzner, a key figure behind that globally anticipated event, was often seen on TV explaining the physics of ...

Mars' magnetic mystery may finally have a solution—scientists now think the Red Planet’s ancient magnetic field only existed ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have announced ambitious plans to send a mission to Mars in 2026 and 2028. It’s not going to ...

The Astrogeology Science Center, which has helped astronauts and robots reach other worlds safely, is facing a substantial ...

Learn about Mars' defunct magnetic field, which may have sustained life on the planet and covered only its southern ...