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  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2025 The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising speculation about if life was created billions of years ago on the Red Planet. "Our study proves that, even today, by analyzing Mars samples we could detect chemical signatures of past life, if it ever existed on Mars," stated Caroline Freissinet, the study's lead author and research scientist at France's National Centre for Scientific Research in the Laboratory for Atmospheres ... read more |
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Sols 4488-4490: Progress Through the Ankle-Breaking TerrainPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 26, 2025 Earth planning date: Friday, March 21, 2025: It's the start of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth, but in Gale Crater on Mars our rover is still heading into the depths of Martian winte ... more 
Mars climate contrast deepens with new atmospheric wave studyParis, France (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Atmospheric waves, which resemble ripples that spread across water surfaces, have long intrigued scientists for their role in planetary climate systems. A new international study titled "Atmospheric ... more 
NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on MarsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 25, 2025 Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA's Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the Natio ... more 
Shocking Spherules!Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2025 Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres... and the team are now working hard to understand their origin. It has n ... more |
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Scientists Develop New Technique to Detect Life in Martian Rock SamplesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 Within the next decade, space agencies aim to bring back rock samples from Mars for examination on Earth. A major concern surrounding these missions is the potential presence of extraterrestrial mic ... more |
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Small and large planets have significantly different upbringingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ... more 
Researchers analyze river bends to distinguish planetary channel originsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2025 Channels carved by rivers, lava, and ice all exhibit winding, sinuous patterns, yet a new study from The University of Texas at Austin has identified a fundamental difference in the way rivers bend ... more  
Redwire Selected to Develop Concept for Advanced Mars SpacecraftLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW), a leading provider of space infrastructure, has secured a study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to design an innovative spacecraft platform intended for ... more 
New evidence suggests gypsum deposits on Mars may hold signs of ancient lifeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2025 A research collaboration between the University of Bern and the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algeria has yielded significant progress in astrobiology. Their recent study ... more |
Rover finds evidence of 'vacation-style' beaches on MarsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). An intern ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2025 Over the past week, Perseverance has been parked at a location called "Tablelands," an area containing the "Serpentine Lake" abrasion patch acquired a few weeks ago. The Mars 2020 team has been dili ... more 
Have we been wrong about why Mars is redParis, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 New research combining spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA with advanced laboratory experiments suggests that Mars developed its distinctive red hue much earlier in its his ... more 
Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on MarsBerkeley CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the plane ... more 
Laser-powered spectrometer tested on Earth may uncover microbial fossils on MarsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 The possibility that microbial life once thrived in ancient Martian waters has intrigued scientists for years. Now, researchers have demonstrated a method to detect fossilized microbes in gypsum dep ... more |
 
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and MarsBaltimore MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the Moon, a new Johns Hopkins University study suggests. ... more 
China unveils innovative dual-mode robot for planetary explorationSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology has introduced a cutting-edge dual-mode robot designed to enhance planetary exploration capabilities. The prototype, which weighs approx ... more 
Perseverance Rover's Groundbreaking Soil and Rock SamplesPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully collected its first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples, marking a historic step in Martian exploration. A new study highlights these early sampl ... more 
Sols 4443-4444: Four Fours for FebruaryPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2025 Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 3, 2025: Another successful weekend plan left us about 23 meters (about 75 feet) farther down our Mount Sharp Ascent Route (MSAR), with all our science data downlin ... more |
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New Martian Crater Reveals Far-Reaching Seismic SignalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 By leveraging artificial intelligence, researchers have identified a newly formed crater on Mars, revealing that the impact event propelled vibrations deep into the planet's mantle. Recent fin ... more 
Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSightParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A space rock crashed into the martian surface in February 2021, generating seismic waves that extended 1640 km to reach NASA's InSight lander. The collision carved out a crater about 21 m wide and d ... more 
Texas A&M scholar secures NASA funding to examine Martian dune dynamicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Sand dunes on the Red Planet may provide critical clues about Mars' puzzling environment, and Lauren Berger, a Ph.D. candidate in Texas A and M's Department of Geology and Geophysics, is prepared to ... more  
Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 The Artemis program has been Nasa's best chance to get "boots on the Moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisa ... more |
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Dwarf planet Ceres has rare organic material delivered by asteroidsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 Organic molecules, critical components for life, have been identified on Ceres, the dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These molecules, formed from carbon, hydro ... more |
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Approaching the Red Planet from the KitchenTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 Rootless cones, small volcanic landforms typically ranging from several meters to a few hundred meters in diameter, form through explosive interactions between surface lava and water bodies such as ... more 
Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars atmosphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 The arid and cold landscape of modern Mars contrasts sharply with its past, when flowing rivers and lakes carved its surface billions of years ago. Researchers from Harvard have now proposed a compe ... more 
Now That's Ingenuity: First Aircraft Measurement of Winds on Another PlanetWashington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 Researchers have used an aircraft to measure the wind speed on Mars, marking the first time this method has been used on another planet. This groundbreaking measurement was made possible by the Inge ... more 
ORBIMARS: A proposed terminology for Mars orbital operationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 In the evolving lexicon of space exploration, the term "cislunar" has become fundamental to describing Earth-Moon operations, encompassing everything from satellite deployments to lunar gateway miss ... more |
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