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![A brownish rock close up. There's a strip of lighter material toward the left and darker material toward the right. There are also darker speckles in the reddish brown center material.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jrMryRfFw6qBbcs9fAaSA5-320-80.png)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled upon a Mars rock. It seems to suggest evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
![A reddish rock appears cracked open. There are yellow sections within.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQR7otcjq3UJ7XAZgSEYjb-320-80.png)
'An oasis in the desert': NASA's Curiosity rover finds pure sulfur in Martian rocks
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a rare element on Mars after it drove over a rock and cracked it open.
![Two stacked rocks on Mars. The top rock is smaller.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PWPqieqY4Ucf9CEHgidpob-320-80.jpg)
Little Mars 'snowman' spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)
By Meredith Garofalo last updated
Do you see what we see? A stacked rock formation spotted by NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover looks like a dusty snowman!
![a cube-shaped spacecraft with two large wing-like solar panels in orbit above a reddish-orange planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nhevBXfWuVabx8vBKZXWZ8-320-80.jpg)
Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty
By Stefanie Waldek published
The European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter has passed its design review, which validates its technical details and moves the project onto manufacturing and testing.
![four people in black flight suits stand in front of a microphone, with the nasa logo in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f5t2vqQShsueATCBHvKcsa-320-80.jpg)
NASA's 1st year-long mock Mars mission wraps up in Houston
By Mike Wall last updated
Four volunteers exited a mock Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center on July 6, bringing the agency's first year-long simulated Red Planet mission to an end.
![a rusty brown landscape seen from space shows a sandy swath split in two by a winding, segmented canyon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rz8bhJ4aXc5ojgeQPpMuv4-320-80.jpg)
Mars orbiter captures Red Planet scar that's longer than the Grand Canyon (image)
By Victoria Corless published
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has captured images of a huge crevice on Mars that looks awfully like a "scar" from above.
![Artist's illustration depicting the terraforming of Mars — turning into a more Earth-like world.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7zWzTQ8nWnmTK7d7vHfjV6-320-80.jpg)
We could terraform Mars with desert moss — but does that mean we should?
By Victoria Corless published
A desert-dwelling moss could survive the extremes of a Martian environment and bounce back every time.
![A cropped version of the team's panoramic Olympus Mons view. There are bright atmospheric lines above Mars.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nrnufNbgmZcCZeNKBqDhwb-320-80.png)
Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system's largest volcano
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.
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