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Mars (499) is the fourth planet from the Sun: a rocky, cold, dusty desert world with a very thin atmosphere, seasons, polar ice caps, extinct vol...

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ESCAPADE will study how Mars responds to the solar wind

ESCAPADE is a NASA mission consisting of two orbiters roughly the size of a refrigerator. The agency says it has launched and expects the spacecr...

2026-10-12

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Curiosity tested TMAH on Mars: molecules released and how they were identified

The Curiosity rover analyzed a roughly 3.5-billion-year-old clay-rich sandstone sample from Gale crater with its SAM instrument. In the first in...

2026-10-09

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Mars put the Psyche mission to the test on its way to a metal-rich asteroid

Psyche used Mars’s gravity to gain speed and adjust its trajectory toward the asteroid it will study in 2029. The encounter also let its instrume...

2026-10-07

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Perseverance tests AI-planned routes on Mars

NASA reports a demonstration in which artificial intelligence generated waypoints for a Perseverance drive. The agency explains why distance prev...

2026-10-01

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Mars: what the available sources say about its exploration

Mars exploration involves programmes and missions from different entities. Based on the available evidence, the Trace Gas Orbiter’s arrival in Ma...

2026-09-19

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Mars under scrutiny: what the available evidence actually says

A critical reading of the available Mars evidence distinguishes official sources, news coverage, videos, and search-result claims.

2026-09-16