Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red ...
When a meteorite smashed into Mars 11 million years ago, debris landed on Earth as meteorites, giving an unparalleled look at ...
An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of the outer layers of Mars. Using meteorites that were ...
“Martian meteorites are the only physical materials we have available from Mars,” said James Day from UC San Diego, who led ...
Celestial Mystery Mysteries abound on the planet Mars — from the tantalizing traces of ancient riverbeds on its surface to ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the origins on Phobos and Demos, the red planet's strangely-shaped moons. Now they are ...
To unravel the mysteries of Mars' history, scientists have been diligently examining sediments preserved near these ...
The conventional wisdom about Mars’ small and misshapen moons, Phobos and Deimos, is that they were either created like Earth ...
Meteorites from Mars are helping researchers better understand the geology of the Red Planet — and the formation of Earth.
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NASA's Perseverance rover has a new Mars buddy after a rock got caught inside one of its wheels. The hitchhiker seems to be ...
The Chassigny meteorite in cross-polarized light. This meteorite is dominated by the mineral olivine. Grains are roughly 0.5 millimeters across. Credit: UC San Diego. Researchers at the Scripps ...