A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...
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The Brighterside of News on MSNMars Rover Discovers Traces of Ancient Martian BeachesThe idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...
These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...
More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...
Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s. It was stopped because of the nuclear test ban treaty and ...
Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the ...
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Astronomy on MSNCould Mars’ red color have formed under wet conditions?A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...
When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...
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