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October 17, 2025
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Blocks of dry ice carve gullies on Martian dunes through explosive sublimation



Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Mysterious gullies carved into Martian sand dunes have long puzzled planetary scientists. Now, new experiments by Utrecht University Earth scientist Dr Lonneke Roelofs suggest they were dug not by flowing water or lifeforms, but by sliding blocks of solid carbon dioxide that explode and burrow as they sublimate under Martian conditions. Roelofs replicated the process in a controlled "Mars chamber" at The Open University in Milton Keynes, which simulates the Red Planet's low pressure and extreme co ... read more

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Key ExoMars Rover part ships from Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth, Wales (SPX) Oct 13, 2025
The search for life on Mars takes a leap forward today, as a key instrument for a major space mission begins its journey from Aberystwyth University to Italy for testing. The infrared spectrom ... more
MARSDAILY
Yeast withstands Mars-like shocks and toxic salts in survival test
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Life on Mars, if it ever existed, would need to survive an environment defined by violence and toxicity - from meteorite impacts to soil laced with corrosive perchlorate salts. Now, scientists at th ... more
MARSDAILY
Martian craters record repeated ice ages as planetary ice stores dwindle
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Scientists have long debated how much water Mars once held and how it faded to today's arid world. A new study in Geology mines "ice archives" preserved inside impact craters to reconstruct a climat ... more
MARSDAILY
Two decades of Mars images reveal fast moving dust devils and stronger winds
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Combing 20 years of Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter imagery, ESA-led researchers cataloged 1,039 dust devils to show how surface winds loft and transport dust across Mars. Published in Sc ... more
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Mars dust devils point to planet wide gale force winds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Despite Mars's tenuous air, winds there play a dominant role in climate and dust transport. An international team led by the University of Bern reports that dust devils and the winds enveloping them ... more
MARSDAILY
Computer models point to crew diversity as key to resilient Mars missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Simulation results from Stevens Institute of Technology researchers Iser Pena and Hao Chen indicate that who you send to Mars matters as much as what you send. Published October 8, 2025 in PLOS One, ... more
EXO WORLDS
Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 7, 2025
NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Rocket test proves bacteria survive space launch and re-entry unharmed
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. Space agencies are planning to send crews to Mars within decades but sustaini ... more

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Curtin powers global push to find life on Mars and advance autonomy
Perth, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Curtin University is helping unlock the secrets of life on Mars and advance next-generation robotics and autonomous systems, with two new international agreements signed this week at the Internation ... more
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Martian skies reveal intricate atmospheric layers in new orbiter images
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has captured the most detailed view yet of Mars's atmosphere, showing a fine layering of dust and ice particles that resembles a cosmic mille-feuille. The images reve ... more
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Researchers ID new mineral on Mars, providing insight on potential early life
Amherst MA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of a team that has identified a unique mineral on Mars, described in Nature Communications. Named ferric hydroxysulfate, the mineral ... more
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Technique Could Reveal Hidden Habitats on Moon and Mars
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter ... more
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Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that t ... more
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NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to Mars
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 23, 2025
NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall. ... more
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Mars polar vortex traps cold and builds seasonal ozone layer
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
A rare look inside the wintry north polar vortex of Mars has revealed that conditions are far colder than outside its boundary, and that the months of complete darkness allow ozone to accumulate in ... more
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Predicting Martian aurora to safeguard future explorers
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 19, 2025
Planetary scientists report progress in predicting when the Martian night sky will glow with green aurora, building on new visible-light images captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rover ... more
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New Mars research reveals multiple episodes of habitability in Jezero Crater
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2025
New research using NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars' Jezero Crater experienced multiple episodes of fluid activity - each with conditions that could have supported l ... more
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Volcanic sulfur gases may have warmed early Mars and supported potential life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
While the ancient Martian climate is still debated, new research indicates that volcanic emissions of sulfur gases could have created a warmer atmosphere capable of sustaining life. The study, publi ... more
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Natural forces may deliver organics to ESA rover on Mars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025) Press Release - The Rosalind Franklin rover's search for ancien ... more
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Clues to ancient Martian chemistry revealed by Perseverance rover
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered evidence of long-ago chemical processes while exploring Jezero Crater, giving scientists fresh insight into how minerals, water, and possibly organics interac ... more
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Perseverance Meets the Megabreccia
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 11, 2025
Last week, the Perseverance rover began an exciting new journey. Driving northwest of the Soroya ridge, Perseverance entered an area filled with a diverse range of boulders that the science team bel ... more
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'Potential biosignatures' found in ancient Mars lake
London, UK (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College London, the work has uncovered a range of minerals and organic matter in Martian rocks that point to an ancient history of habitable conditions and potential biological processes on the Red Planet. ... more
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Researchers uncover potential biosignatures on Mars
College Station TX (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
A new study co-authored by Texas A and M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ancient Martian microbial life in rocks examined by NASA's Perseverance r ... more
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NASA Announces CHAPEA Crew for Year-Long Mars Mission Simulation
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Four research volunteers will soon participate in NASA's year-long simulation of a Mars mission inside a habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. This mission will provide NASA with ... more
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Over Soroya Ridge and onward
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2025
Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a mini-campaign on aeolian bedforms. After wrapping up that work, three separate ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars mantle holds fragments from ancient giant impacts study finds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Rocky material buried deep within Mars has been traced to colossal impacts 4.5 billion years ago, according to new findings from NASA's retired InSight lander. The discovery points to lumps of mantl ... more
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NASA's Artemis II lunar science operations to inform future missions
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 22, 2025


NASA's Artemis II mission, set to send four astronauts on a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon and back, will advance the agency's goal to land astronauts at the Moon's south polar region and w ... more

ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX scrubs latest Starship launch due to bad weather
Washington (AFP) Aug 26, 2025
Bad weather on Monday forced SpaceX to postpone the latest launch of its massive prototype Starship rocket, key to founder Elon Musk's dreams of colonizing Mars and NASA's plans to return astron ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid family link strengthened by SwRI analysis of Bennu and Ryugu
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
A Southwest Research Institute study of near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu provides compelling evidence that both objects originated from the Polana collisional family in the main asteroid belt be ... more
MARSDAILY
Curiosity Captures Mars Landscape While Talking to an Orbiter
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2025
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover demonstrated a new multitasking capability when capturing this view: It snapped the 15 images that make up the mosaic while simultaneously communicating with an orbiter. ... more
MARSDAILY
Preparing rock analysis methods on Earth for future Mars samples
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance retrieved an unusual specimen named Sapphire Canyon, a red mudstone with white, black-edged spots that could reveal potential sources of organic molecules on ... more
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