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computer-generated view of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater

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Mars may once have had a much larger moon

There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas

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Caves carved by water on Mars may hold signs of past life

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The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water

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Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet's equator

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Handout still for the film Blue Planet Red. Wrench Tool and Container Discovered by Rolf Varga, the Spirit Rover photographed two funny-looking rocks that resemble a wrench and open-top container laid on its side. https://blueplanetred.net/images

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Blue Planet Red is wrong about Mars – but it's surprisingly poignant

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Mars once had an atmosphere that was thicker than Earth's today

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Clouds over Arsia Mons

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A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why

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NASA hasn't found life on Mars yet – but signs are promising

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Bioplastic habitats on Mars could be built from algae

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The suspected volcano (circled) is close to the Jezero Crater (left of the image)

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Perseverance rover may hold secrets to newly discovered Mars volcano

There appears to be a volcano near Jezero crater on Mars and the Perseverance rover might already have samples from it that we could use to precisely date the activity of another planet's volcano for the first time

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New Scientist recommends The Martian – sci-fi fun for all the family

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Could brain-computer interface let us inhabit robot avatars on Mars?

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Dust devils on Mars produce lightning-like zaps of electricity

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Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why

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