In the most detailed analysis of how sands move around on Mars, a team of planetary scientists has found that processes not involved in controlling sand movement on Earth play …read more Source:: Science
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Strange Martian mineral deposit likely sourced from volcanic explosions
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•In a finding that is soon to be ground-truthed by NASA’s next Mars rover, researchers show that a Martian mineral deposit was likely formed by ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions. …read more Source:: Science
Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?
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•While volcanic, igneous rock predominates on Mars, virtually the entire Earth fossil record comes from sedimentary rocks. Addressing the problem, Swedish scientists have begun compiling evidence of fossilized microbes in …read more Source:: Science
Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers
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•Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Opportunity rover mission on Mars comes to end
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•One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA’s Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping …read more Source:: Science
Possibility of recent underground volcanism on Mars
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•New research suggests liquid water is present beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Now, a new study argues there needs to be an underground source of heat for …read more Source:: Science
Mars rover Curiosity makes first gravity-measuring traverse on the Red Planet
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•A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers to measure the density of rock layers in Gale Crater. …read more Source:: Science
Evidence of outburst flooding indicates plentiful water on early Mars
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•The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created …read more Source:: Science
Martian moon may have come from impact on home planet
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•Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two tiny satellites, is the darkest moon in the solar system. This dark aspect inspired the hypothesis that the close-orbiting moon may be a captured …read more Source:: Science
Where Martian dust comes from
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•The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation near the Red Planet’s equator. …read more Source:: Science