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China's rover sends back its first 'selfies' from Mars
AFP - Wed May 19, 2021
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon - China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. More»

China's Tianwen-1 mission nails historic rover landing on Mars
CNet - Sat May 15, 2021
The Zhurong rover's arrival on the red planet heralds a new era in space exploration for the Chinese space agency. More»

Mars Rover Perseverance Goes For a Spin
Raw Story - Sat Mar 6, 2021
The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday. More»

NASA Rover May Have Just Discovered Life on Mars
Yahoo News - Sat Jun 22, 2019
NASA's exploration rover on Mars, Curiosity, just discovered some gas that could prove the existence of life on the Red Planet. More»

Organic Matter Found on Mars, NASA Reveals in Major Announcement
The Independent - Wed Jun 6, 2018
Nasa's Curiosity rover has found organic matter preserved on Mars, in a discovery that could suggest it was once home to life. More»

Is there a pistol on the red planet? Conspiracy theorists claim to have spotted hand gun on Martian surface
Daily Mail - Wed Feb 17, 2016
A handgun on Mars has led conspiracy theorists to believe alien outlaws may be running amuck on the red planet. More»

Excited UFO Hunters Claim 'Stonehenge On Mars' Discovery
Yahoo! - Mon Sep 28, 2015
A NASA image of several stones on the red planet has got alien enthusiasts in a spin, with many claiming the picture is an indication of extra-terrestrial life. More»

Mars has flowing rivers of briny water, NASA satellite reveals
PBS - Mon Sep 28, 2015
Over the weekend, NASA hinted that they had solved a major Martian mystery. More»

Curiosity Rover Finds Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars
IFL Science - Tue Apr 14, 2015
Cold, desolate conditions on Mars make it difficult to support liquid water, but thanks to some natural anti-freeze, a thin briny film may be forming in the soil near the equator at night. More»

Mysterious Mars Mound May Be Result Of Ancient Lava Flows, NASA Says
Huffington Post - Sat Dec 6, 2014
A weird circular landform recently spotted on the surface of Mars might look like a deformed waffle--or maybe the surface of a human brain. More»

Buzz Aldrin Opens Up About 'UFO' Encounter, Mars Colony Hopes
Huffington Post - Wed Jul 16, 2014
Even 45 years later, Buzz Aldrin has detailed memories of the Apollo 11 mission, when he became the second man to set foot on the moon. More»

'Monolith' Object on Mars? You Could Call It That
Live Science - Thu Apr 12, 2012
Amateur stargazers have discovered an intriguing object jutting out from the surface of Mars. More»

Fossils of Martian bugs found on meteorite that landed on Earth 13,000 years ago
Daily Mail, UK - Sat Nov 28, 2009
New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite. More»

Evidence Found for Ancient Mars Lake
Space.com - Wed Jun 17, 2009
Several studies in recent years have claimed evidence for shorelines and other features that suggest ancient lakes on Mars. More»

Mars is alive! Methane discovered
TG Daily - Thu Jan 15, 2009
Washington (DC) - NASA announced today that for the first time ever they have definitively detected methane in the Martian atmosphere. More»

Wind and Snow Do Strange Things on Mars
Space.com - Thu Sep 18, 2008
Planetary scientists have discovered new details to explain a mysterious seasonal asymmetry of a Martian polar ice cap. More»

Mars' Architect-in-Chief? Water, Says Study
Discovery News - Mon Aug 25, 2008
Scientists are moving closer to a unilateral opinion that water, even in relatively modern times, exists on Mars. More»

Water Ice on Mars Confirmed
Associated Press - Wed Jul 30, 2008
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has confirmed the existence of water ice on Mars. More»

Mars Lander Exposes More Ice
Space.com - Tue Jul 15, 2008
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used its robotic arm to expose more of the hard icy layer just below the Martian surface so that it can more easily gather a sample of the material for analysis. More»

Phoenix Mars Lander has short-circuit problem
Associated Press - Thu May 29, 2008
MARS - Scientists for the Phoenix Mars Lander are wrestling with an intermittent short circuit on the spacecraft. More»

Phoenix Spacecraft on Track for Mars Landing
Space.com - Mon May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON - With just 12 days to go until its Mars arrival, NASA's Phoenix lander is functioning well and on course to be the first mission to land in the frigid, arctic regions of the red planet, NASA officials said today. More»

Female Figure on Mars "Just a Rock"
Space.com - Fri Jan 25, 2008
The idea that there may be life on Mars has been around for centuries, but the theory got a dubious boost from recently released photos of the surface of Mars (taken by the NASA robot Spirit) apparently showing a human-like figure. More»

Study suggests water may be flowing on Mars
San Diego Union Tribune - Wed Dec 6, 2006
SAN DIEGO - Scientists have found what could be water flowing on Mars - now, not in the planet's distant past. More»

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