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Mars

NASA image of the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars.
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Tiny Volcanoes Are a Big Deal on Mars

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 7 May 202110 November 2021

Cinder cones and fissure vents provide clues about the evolution of the Red Planet’s mantle and crust.

Cartoon illustration of the possible distribution of materials of different origins in the interior of a Mars-size planetary embryo.
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How Not to Homogenize a Planet

by Laurent G. J. Montési 28 April 202112 October 2022

Even the strong heating from short-lived aluminium-26 (26Al) would not be able to homogenize the interior of a Mars‐sized planetary embryo.

HI-SEAS Mars analogue mission
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Podcast: What’s It Like Pretending to Live on Mars?

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 20 April 202126 January 2022

We spoke with science writer Kate Greene about her experiences on a 4-month-long Mars analog mission.

Image of dark linear features on the surface of Mars known as recurring slope lineae
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After the Dust Cleared: New Clue on Mars’ Recurring Slope Lineae

by A. Deanne Rogers 8 April 20212 February 2022

An imaging campaign after the 2018 planet-encircling dust storm on Mars revealed a significant increase in detections of enigmatic recurring slope lineae and new insights into how they might form.

在加那利群岛,一列黄道光在繁星满天的夜空中从泰德山向上延伸。
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形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 26 March 20212 February 2022

朱诺号探测器飞往木星途中的偶然发现表明,形成黄道光的太空尘埃可能来自火星,但这些尘埃是如何从火星或其卫星逃逸出来的仍不得而知。

A column of zodiacal light stretches skyward in the star-filled night sky beyond Mount Teide in the Canary Islands.
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The Space Dust That Causes Zodiacal Light Might Come from Mars

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 March 20212 February 2022

Serendipitous observations by the Juno spacecraft while it was en route to Jupiter suggest a Martian source for the dust, but how the dust escapes Mars or its moons remains unknown.

Members of the Perseverance Mars rover team working in the time of COVID-19, either at home (some with family members) or masked in the Mars mission control room
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A Bad Time for Mars Time

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 17 February 20215 January 2022

Thanks to COVID-19, mission control for the Perseverance Mars rover will look emptier than previous missions, and fewer scientists and engineers will follow the rover’s schedule.

Satellite image of the ice at Mars’s north pole
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Decoding the Age of the Ice at Mars’s North Pole

by David Shultz 4 February 20218 August 2022

Exposure to sunlight creates telltale patterns in the polar ice cap that change over time, potentially providing insight into the climatic history of the Red Planet.

Photograph of an opening called “Dingo Gap” from the Mars Science Laboratory rover “Curiosity” with an inset of the young scientist Marzieh Foroutan
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A Fallen Rising Star

by B. J. Thomson 27 January 20213 November 2022

The last works of Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan, an early-career martian geologist who was lost to us in 2020, have now been completed and published in JGR: Planets.

A woman operates a four-legged robot
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Very Good Space Boys: Robotic Dogs May Dig Into Martian Caves

by I. Backman 7 January 202119 July 2022

Four-legged, autonomous robots known as “Mars Dogs” will explore previously inaccessible caves to look for signs of life and potential locations for future human colonies.

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