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Perseverance rover

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NASA has launched its Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which will look for signs of past or present life on Mars and test Ingenuity, the first interplanetary helicopter, is set to launch on 30 July

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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China is sending its first rover to Mars with the Tianwen-1 mission

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Hope spacecraft

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The United Arab Emirates is launching its first mission to Mars

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The Sirens of Mars review: Inside the hunt for life on the Red Planet

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The Sirens of Mars review: Inside the hunt for life on the Red Planet

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Martian surface

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Electric dust could be erasing signs of life from the surface of Mars

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Mars’s moon Phobos may someday turn back into a ring around the planet

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Mars’s moon Phobos may someday turn back into a ring around the planet

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Mud volcano

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Mars may be covered in mud volcanoes disguised as lava flows

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An ancient river on Mars may have flowed for 100,000 years

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An ancient river on Mars may have flowed for 100,000 years

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A giant raft of rock may once have floated across Mars’s ancient ocean

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A giant raft of rock may once have floated across Mars’s ancient ocean

Mars could have had an ancient ocean in its northern hemisphere, and a large raft of volcanic rock may have floated across it to settle into mounds we can see today

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An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

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Mars may have had hot springs millions of years ago

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Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life

Regulars

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Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

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