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By Mike Wall Published
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just notched a big milestone, snapping its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet.

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
"We did the simplest thing that could be done — we just mapped them and pieced them together."

By Samantha Mathewson Published
For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere.

By Mike Wall Published
Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according to a new report from the U.S. National Academies.

By Samantha Mathewson Published
A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface like a butterfly in flight.

By Keith Cooper Published
Measuring the time discrepancy between Earth and Mars will help make future navigation and communication systems on the Red Planet more accurate.

By Julian Dossett Published
Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?

By Keith Cooper Published
Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off the world's surface
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