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Astronomers find bizarre surprises on Mars, and the cause remains unclear

Mars keeps refusing to behave like the dead, simple world many scientists once imagined. Each new rover trench, fractured ...

NASA rover detects electric discharges like 'mini-sonic booms' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
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Einstein was right: Time ticks faster on Mars, posing new challenges for future missions

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly ...
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Scientists pinpoint why time runs faster on Mars

Time isn't just weird on Mars—it's literally quicker. As Vice reports, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and ...

New report outlines science priorities for human Mars exploration

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...
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Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet ...
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Scientists map of old Mars river basins for the 1st time. These could be great places to search for ancient life

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...
Scientific American

Timekeeping on Mars Is a Tall Order. Here’s Why

Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...
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Mars may have once had a huge moon big enough to cause tides, study suggests

In a new study featured by New Scientist, researchers propose that Mars might have once had a much larger moon than it does ...