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Why bringing Martian rocks back to Earth is a bad idea

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Why bringing Martian rocks back to Earth is a bad idea

There are plans to return samples from Mars to check them for signs of life, but we should examine them before they reach our planet, says Paul Marks

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has taken its second flight on Mars

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has taken its second flight on Mars

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Perseverance rover

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NASA has produced oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time

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Ingenuity shadow

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NASA's Ingenuity craft makes first ever helicopter flight on Mars

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Martian surface

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Mars swung between humid and arid conditions before it dried up

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter photographed by the Perseverance rover on April 5

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NASA is about to fly a helicopter on another planet for the first time

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Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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NASA’s InSight lander has measured the size of Mars’s molten core

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NASA’s InSight lander has measured the size of Mars’s molten core

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Perseverance’s first month on Mars has yielded new sights and sounds

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Perseverance’s first month on Mars has yielded new sights and sounds

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Martian surface

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Mars’s crust may have sucked up most of the planet’s water

Mars used to be covered in water, but it dried out billions of years ago. A lot of that water may have been irreversibly sucked up and turned into minerals in the ground

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The Perseverance rover runs on processors used in iMacs in the 1990s

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Perseverance rover has sent back stunning video and audio from Mars

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NASA's Perseverance rover has sent back incredible images from Mars

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What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

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