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ESA’s Mars Express Shows Views of the Largest Canyon in Our Solar System
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has captured images of portions of the Martian Valles Marineris, the largest system of canyons in the Solar System. Valles Marineris, like many other geological features on the red planet, dwarfs all terrestrial analogues.
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Water on Mars: ESA's ExoMars Discovers Hidden Reservoir on the Planet’s Grand Canyon
Mars' huge canyon system, Valles Marineris, may hold hidden water beneath the surface, according to a new study. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos' collbaorative ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) discovered large volumes of water in the canyon's heart.
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Did Mars Ever Look Like Earth? NASA Scientist Answers
Mars is quite similar to Earth, as per a NASA scientist. In a video interview, astrobiologoist Dr. Becky McCauley Rench said that the Red Planet wasn't as dry always, as we see it today. As per NASA's own website, “Mars, like Earth, has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather.”
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Mars InSight Landing Site May Look Like a Stadium Parking Lot
For InSight to do its work, NASA needed a landing site that checked off several boxes, because as a three-legged lander it will remain wherever it touches down.
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Liquid Water Carved Deep Canyons On Mars
Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may have caused liquid water to carve out deep canyons and extensive valley networks on the red planet's surface, scientists including one of Indian origin have found.
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Dark Streaks On Mars May Indicate Flowing Water: Study
Recurring slope linae, dark streaks that change seasonally, on Martian slopes indicate presence of flowing water, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the red planet's largest canyon system.
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NASA Captures Landslide On Mars
NASA has released an image of a relatively fresh landslide on Mars that shows boulder-covered landslip along a canyon wall.
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Mars rover's search for life-friendly habitats heads to mountain
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is on the road toward Mount Sharp, the primary target of a planned two-year mission to search for habitats that could have supported life, officials said on Wednesday.
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ESA’s Mars Express Shows Views of the Largest Canyon in Our Solar System
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has captured images of portions of the Martian Valles Marineris, the largest system of canyons in the Solar System. Valles Marineris, like many other geological features on the red planet, dwarfs all terrestrial analogues.
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Water on Mars: ESA's ExoMars Discovers Hidden Reservoir on the Planet’s Grand Canyon
Mars' huge canyon system, Valles Marineris, may hold hidden water beneath the surface, according to a new study. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos' collbaorative ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) discovered large volumes of water in the canyon's heart.
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Did Mars Ever Look Like Earth? NASA Scientist Answers
Mars is quite similar to Earth, as per a NASA scientist. In a video interview, astrobiologoist Dr. Becky McCauley Rench said that the Red Planet wasn't as dry always, as we see it today. As per NASA's own website, “Mars, like Earth, has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather.”
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Mars InSight Landing Site May Look Like a Stadium Parking Lot
For InSight to do its work, NASA needed a landing site that checked off several boxes, because as a three-legged lander it will remain wherever it touches down.
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Liquid Water Carved Deep Canyons On Mars
Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may have caused liquid water to carve out deep canyons and extensive valley networks on the red planet's surface, scientists including one of Indian origin have found.
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Dark Streaks On Mars May Indicate Flowing Water: Study
Recurring slope linae, dark streaks that change seasonally, on Martian slopes indicate presence of flowing water, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the red planet's largest canyon system.
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NASA Captures Landslide On Mars
NASA has released an image of a relatively fresh landslide on Mars that shows boulder-covered landslip along a canyon wall.
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Mars rover's search for life-friendly habitats heads to mountain
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is on the road toward Mount Sharp, the primary target of a planned two-year mission to search for habitats that could have supported life, officials said on Wednesday.
