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Oldest Mars meteorite found in the Sahara
11-25-2013 |
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A rock discovered in the Sahara desert has turned out to be the oldest Martian meteorite ever found.
Curiosity picks up first scoopful of Mars
VIDEO 10-9-2012 | 25
NASA's Curiosity rover has used its robotic arm to pick up a scoop of soil from the Martian surface.
Curiosity rover comes across strange rock
9-21-2012 | 48
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered a strange pyramid shaped rock on the Martian surface.
Dark regions on Mars made of glass
4-16-2012 | 11
10 million square kilometres of the Martian surface is believed to comprise of volcanic glass.
Is Mars now too dry for life to survive ?
2-4-2012 | 9
Scientists believe 600 million years of drought have rendered the Martian surface totally devoid of life.
Martian sand dunes caught in motion
11-20-2011 | 2
NASA has captured images showing sand dunes on Mars shifting over the course of several years.
A history of Martian illusions
6-10-2011 | 76
A lot of strange things have been spotted on Mars over the years - but most are not quite what they seem.
Mars "Hopper" could run on Martian gases
11-23-2010 | 3
Future robotic missions to Mars could use gas from the Martian atmosphere to "hop" large distances.
Bizarre elongated crater is a Martian mystery
8-30-2010 | 12
A peculiar elongated crater on the surface of Mars that doesn't fit with standard models has left astronomers baffled.
Mars Phoenix lander is officially dead
5-26-2010 | 10
NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is now officially out of action after it failed to survive the martian winter.
Could Phobos be hollow ?
3-6-2010 | 14
Scientists have long believed that the Martian moon Phobos could be porous and filled with vast caverns.
Europe's Mars missions get final go-ahead
12-21-2009 | 3
The European Space Agency has been given the final go-ahead to undertake new missions to explore Mars including an orbit...
Methane study boosts hunt for life on Mars
12-9-2009 | 2
British scientists have succeeded in ruling out one of the three possible sources for methane detected in the Martian at...
Martian meteorite returns to spotlight
11-26-2009 | 2
The same NASA team which discovered the famous Martian meteorite thought to contain evidence of microbial life has re-el...
Martian methane mystery deepens
8-7-2009 | 10
The mystery surrounding the discovery of methane on Mars has deepened as new data has revealed that the gas is being pro...
Looking for landing sites on Mars
6-1-2009 | 0
Four different landing sites have been proposed for NASA's upcoming Mars Science Lab spacecraft that will be launching i...
UK to bid for Mars sample centre
4-26-2009 | 0
Plans to conduct a sample return mission to Mars are still in progress with the UK forwarding its bid to host a study fa...
Mars rover has unexplained reboots
4-17-2009 | 12
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has been experiencing technical issues, rebooting twice for unknown reasons. The rover has been...
Russia to send life to Phobos in new mission
3-3-2009 | 10
In its first mission to Mars in over 10 years Russia plan to send a probe to one of the martian moons Phobos later this ...
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