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Mars

A white dust devil against the red Martian surface

Space

Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day

The Red Planet has 10 times as many dust devils as we thought, which stir up dust that warms the planet and could be dangerous for future Mars explorers

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A NASA spacecraft

Earth

NASA’s planetary protection officer will defend Mars, not Earth

Analysis

Elon Musk seems to have ditched Red Dragon lander plan for Mars

Space

Elon Musk seems to have ditched Red Dragon lander plan for Mars

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Mission control

Space

The bandwidth black hole that will kill Elon Musk’s Mars dream

Analysis

Mars strata

Life

Mars rover sees signs of microbe-friendly layers in ancient lake

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Features

Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Space

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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Martian surface

Space

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

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Mars and asteroids

Space

Mars Trojans may be part of a planet that was destroyed long ago

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MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars

Space

Mars's atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn't exist

Earth’s magnetic field provokes layers of iron and magnesium in the atmosphere, but Mars has no such field - so finding similar layers is a surprise

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Space

Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation

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Space

NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space

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Space

ExoMars dips into the Martian atmosphere to sniff for life

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Space

Mysterious water-like streaks on Mars might be sand flows instead

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