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Mars

The crater and its extremely harsh lake, Laguna Caliente, dominated by a single genus of extremophile Acidiphilium bacteria

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Bacteria survive extremes that may have existed in ancient Mars lakes

Microorganisms have adapted to one of the harshest environments on Earth, a sulphurous and acidic lake that is considered an analogue to ancient lakes on Mars

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This picture is from ESA?s Mars Express. The bright white region of this image shows the icy cap that covers Mars? south pole, composed of frozen water and carbon dioxide. While it looks smooth in this image, at close quarters the cap is a layered mix of peaks, troughs and flat plains, and has been likened in appearance to swiss cheese.

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Mars 'lake' may actually be volcanic rocks buried beneath the ice cap

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Artist?s view of the Kasei Valles - Mars with glacier return flow from high altitude to the northern ocean.

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Ancient Mars may have had a liquid ocean despite freezing temperatures

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The Allan Hills 84001 meteorite courtesy of NASA/JSC/Stanford University.

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Organic compounds on Mars were produced by water and rocks, not life

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Rollin' Justin

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Meet Rollin' Justin, the future of humanoid exploration on Mars

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Mars Express took snapshots of Candor Chasma, a valley in the northern part of Valles Marineris, as it was in orbit above the region on 6 July 2006. The High Resolution Stereo Camera on the orbiter obtained the data in orbit number 3195, with a ground resolution of approximately 20 m/pixel. Candor Chasma lies at approximately 6? south and 290? east.

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Large deposits of water found on Mars below the surface at the equator

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Perseverance Mars rover

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Perseverance Mars rover uncovers the watery history of Jezero crater

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. They had been held in place since before launch, and the unlocking is one of several milestones that must be met before the helicopter can attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on the following sol, April 8, 2021.

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2021 in review: A helicopter flies on Mars for the first time

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2G2ECWR (210611) -- BEIJING, June 11, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. The China National Space Administration Friday released new images taken by the country's first Mars rover Zhurong, showing national flag on the red planet. The images were unveiled at a ceremony in Beijing, signifying a complete success of China's first mars exploration mission. The images include the landing site panorama, Martian landscape and a selfie of the rover with the landing

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2021 in review: Three different missions land on Mars

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An artist's depiction of the InSight lander on Mars.

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Marsquakes happen more often during the planet’s northern summer

The NASA Insight lander has measured the frequency of shallow marsquakes and found they are more common when it is summer in Mars’s northern hemisphere

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover tests new way to search for alien life

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Ancient Mars lake had fast-moving floods that carried huge boulders

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The deepest canyons on Mars were rapidly formed by devastating floods

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Tim Peake: The future of humans in space

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