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Mars

Space

NASA’s Perseverance rover took its first Mars sample – but it’s empty

The Perseverance Mars rover made its first sampling attempt on 6 August but the sample tube came up empty, so NASA scientists are figuring out how to make sure the next try works

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Ancient lake in Mars’s Gale crater may have actually been a small pond

Space

Ancient lake in Mars’s Gale crater may have actually been a small pond

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How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

Humans

How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

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Space

Microbes burping methane on Mars may be right next to NASA rover

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Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

Earth

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

Features

Best ever views of Mars's weird auroras taken by UAE's Hope orbiter

Space

Best ever views of Mars's weird auroras taken by UAE's Hope orbiter

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Martian surface

Space

Clays found in Martian crater hint that the planet was once habitable

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China's Zhurong Mars rover takes its first photos from the surface

Space

China's Zhurong Mars rover takes its first photos from the surface

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China is about to land its Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars

Space

China is about to land its Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars

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Space

Enormous kites flown by robots could help power a Mars colony

A proposal to power a future Mars base includes an enormous kite flown by robots, along with solar power and a battery that stores energy by compressing gas underground

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Space

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made its fourth and furthest flight

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Space

Why bringing Martian rocks back to Earth is a bad idea

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Space

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has taken its second flight on Mars

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Space

NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time

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