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Did you know: Mars, the so-called Red Planet, might look spherical when viewed through a telescope or in images from space probes, but recent scientific analysis suggests it is not perfectly round ...
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...
Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and ...
Mars is half the size of Earth, with one-tenth of our planet’s mass, and at the nearest point in its orbit is over 33 million miles away. Yet new research highlights the extraordinary influence the ...
You’ve heard of astronauts on the moon, but how about a bear’s face on the surface of Mars? NASA’s Mars reconnaissance orbiter camera captured an unusual formation that — much to the delight of ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Mars ...
This week?s photos of ice evaporating in the dry Martian air and analyses at the Phoenix Mars Lander could shape the missions of Mars explorers not yet born. Ice is vital to any human settlement or ...
A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system. Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much ...