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Curiosity Finds Unusual Broad, Shallow Pits on Mount Sharp

Scientists have begun close-range imaging and chemical sampling to map the pits because their form does not match known erosion or impact processes.

Perseverance Captures Earth Vanishing Behind Mars Moon Phobos

Perseverance Identifies 245‑Foot Impact‑Built Rock Sequence on Jezero Rim

Perseverance Detects Complex Organic Carbon in Jezero Mudstones

NASA’s ERNEST Rover Completes 16‑Mile Autonomous Desert Traverse

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organics Yet on Mars in First-Ever Wet-Chemistry Test

Mars Study Maps Broad Coastal Shelf, Bolstering Case for Ancient Northern Ocean

NASA Sets 2028 Launch for SR-1 Freedom, a Nuclear-Powered Mars Demo

Curiosity Confirms Kilometer-Scale 'Boxwork' Ridges as Ancient Groundwater Fractures on Mount Sharp

New Analyses Challenge Purely Nonbiological Origins for Mars Organics

Perseverance Confirms Tiny Lightning in Martian Dust Devils and Storm Fronts

Perseverance Links Jezero’s White Clays to Rainfall on Ancient Mars

NASA Maps Aug. 2, 2027 Total Solar Eclipse, Longest of the Modern Era

ESA Spacecraft Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Near Mars as Perihelion Nears

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces

NASA Reports Potential Biosignatures in Jezero Crater Core

Ex-NASA Scientist Pleads Guilty to £1 Million Investment Fraud

Curiosity Rover Uncovers Spiderweb-Like Boxwork Ridges Indicating Ancient Groundwater

NASA’s MAVEN Mission Directly Observes Martian Atmospheric Sputtering

New Study Links Mars' Red Color to Ancient Wet Conditions