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Strangely bleached rocks on Mars hint that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis

Bleached clay rocks found on the Martian surface suggest that the Red Planet was once home to heavy rainfall and tropical ...

NASA Mars rover captures crackling lightning. Hear the 'thunder' yourself.

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

See it: NASA rover captures rare phenomenon for first time on surface of Mars

The Perseverance Mars rover captures a super rare phenomenon for the first time caused by dust devils on the surface of the ...

Lightning on Mars? Scientists believe they've detected its crackling sounds on the red planet

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

Mars just shocked NASA: Perseverance accidentally records first evidence of lightning on the red planet; Here’s what it means

NASA's Perseverance rover has accidentally detected lightning-like electrical discharges on Mars, a breakthrough in ...
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NASA's newest mission hopes to learn how and why Mars became a dead planet

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...

Long ago, Mars had massive watersheds—now finally mapped

What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet's watery past? This is what a recent study ...
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NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on Mars For The First Time

A lonely rover toiling among the sands of Mars has now answered an age-old question: If lightning crackles on the red planet ...

NASA tests drones in Death Valley, preps for Martian sands and skies

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like ...
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NASA’s Mars Express just found a ‘butterfly’ on the red planet

ESA’s Mars Express mission has uncovered a fascinating geological formation on the Red Planet: a massive crater that eerily ...
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Scientists Finally Know the Exact Time on Mars With A Bit of Help From Einstein

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...