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Artist's impression of a primitive ocean on Mars, which may have had more water than the Arctic Ocean on Earth. (Most of that water was later lost to space.)

Mystery solved? Heat-trapping clouds may explain ancient Mars' rivers and lakes

By Mike Wall published

Cloudy skies may have allowed water to flow on Mars long ago.

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NASA's Curiosity rover exploring Mount Sharp inside the vast Gale Crater on Mars has found evidence that the planet did not lose its water all at once.

The water on Mars didn't run dry all at once, study finds

By Charles Q. Choi published

Mars did not dry up all at once, but fluctuated between dry spells and wetter times, a new study finds.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two different cameras to create this selfie in front of a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall.

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover snaps scenic selfie at 'Mont Mercou' (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity posed for a selfie in front of a beautiful Martian rock outcrop called "Mont Mercou" after probing the area for clues about the Red Planet's past.

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Mars as seen from orbit by NASA’s Viking mission. The Red Planet's surface supported liquid water in the ancient past, but scientists still debate how warm and wet it was back then.

Ancient Mars' warm spells probably didn't last long

By Mike Wall published

Ancient Mars was warm and wet only intermittently, a new study suggests.

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Sky Crane in aerial ballet mode during the descent of NASA’s Curiosity rover to the Martian surface.

Destination Mars: A timeline of Red Planet landings

By Space.com Staff published

A look at previous missions that have attempted to land on Mars.

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This panorama, made up of 122 individual images stitched together, was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Nov. 18, 2020, the 2,946th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Curiosity rover celebrates 3,000 Martian days on the Red Planet

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Curiosity rover marked 3,000 Martian days, or "sols," on the Red Planet Tuesday (Jan. 12), a mere five weeks before NASA's Perseverance rover is scheduled to touch down.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th-century English paleontologist. Curiosity collected three samples of drilled rock at this site on its way out of the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe preserves an ancient habitable environment.

NASA's Curiosity rover snaps stunning selfie on Mars (photo)

By Mike Wall last updated

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken another selfie, just a few months before its six-wheeled cousin joins it on the Red Planet.

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This image of Venus was created using data that NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft collected on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974, shortly after the spacecraft's closest approach to Venus on Feb. 5.

The clouds of Venus join the shortlist for potential signs of life in our solar system

By Mike Wall published

Venus isn't the only world beyond Earth where scientists have gotten a possible whiff of life.

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On Aug. 9, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed a dust devil moving through Gale Crater, at the border between the darker and lighter slopes. 

Mars dust devil! Curiosity rover spots Red Planet twister (photos)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has spotted a dust devil swirling through the parched Red Planet landscape.

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A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover taken on June 15, 2018. A Martian dust storm had reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater at the time.

Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars

By Mike Wall published

NASA's car-size Curiosity rover celebrates eight years on the Red Planet today (Aug. 5), less than a week after the Perseverance rover took flight toward Mars.

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