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NASA Perseverance rover sees megaripples on Mars | Space photo of the day for Jan. 7, 2026.

Another view from Perseverance shows how windswept Mars' landscape truly is.
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NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be

The agency last heard from the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter on December 6, and the last fragment of tracking data recovered by engineers indicated that the probe was tumbling ...
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Mars rover cracks a rock and reveals what’s inside

When a Mars rover accidentally crushed a small rock and exposed a flash of vivid yellow inside, it turned a routine drive into one of the most intriguing discoveries of the mission. The fractured ...
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Problem forces NASA to reverse Mars rover

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Mars rover Spirit has begun driving in reverse to overcome a balky front wheel, but engineers expect it to keep covering Martian ground, mission officials said Friday.
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Curiosity rover makes ‘arguably the most exciting organic detection to date on Mars’

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The NASA Curiosity ...
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Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say

"The idea was for our payload to get us just up to the potential biosignature designation and have the rest of the story told by instruments here on Earth." When you purchase through links on our site ...