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  Water on early Mars may have been habitable for microbes

  Science | January 22, 2020 19:07 IST

  Surface water on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life, suggests new research which found that the Red Planet's water was mineral-rich and salty. Salinity (how much salt was present), pH (a measure of how acidic the water was), and redox state (roughly a measure of the abundance of gases such as hydrogen or oxygen) are fundamental properties of natural waters.

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  Mars losing water even faster than scientists thought

  Science | January 10, 2020 19:04 IST

  Mars today is cold and dry – a desert world -- but dry river valleys and lakebeds suggest that water covered much of the Red Planet billions of years ago. Previous research has also found that Martian water mostly escaped into space.

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  NASA scientists map wind flow pattern on Mars, first for any planet: Study

  Science | December 13, 2019 12:03 IST

  The researchers, including those from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US, reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet.

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  NASA scientists develop map showing presence of water ice on Mars

  Science | December 12, 2019 17:46 IST

  NASA scientists have developed a map detailing the presence of water ice on Mars, with some believed to be as little as 2.5 centimetres below the Red Planet's surface. 

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  Photos show evidence of life on Mars, claims scientist

  India | November 20, 2019 14:28 IST

  Individual images were carefully studied while varying photographic parameters such as brightness, contrast, saturation, inversion, and so on. No content was added, or removed.  

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  Mineral capable of preserving life's signatures found on Mars: Study

  Science | November 13, 2019 15:02 IST

  The study noted that the minerals may have formed in the discovered region, and may represent the bottom layer of the delta deposit.    

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  Mars once had salt lakes similar to those on Earth: Study

  Science | October 19, 2019 11:59 IST

  The researchers said that the salt ponds on Mars are similar to some found on the Earth such as those in a region called Altiplano near the Bolivia-Peru border.

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  Mars lander’s digger is burrowing again after snag

  Science | October 18, 2019 15:35 IST

  A Mars lander’s digger is burrowing into the red planet again after hitting a snag seven months ago.  

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  From Moon to Mars, NASA astronauts to wear special spacesuits

  Science | October 15, 2019 11:24 IST

  NASA will go live today, as the first woman and man will explore the Moon wearing their spacesuits as part of the international space agency's Artemis program.

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  NASA invites names to ride along with Mars 2020 rover, last date today

  Science | September 30, 2019 7:57 IST

  Over 9.8 million people have submitted their names so far. The rover is scheduled to be launched around July 2020 and is expected to touch down on Mars by February 2021. 

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  Chandrayaan, Mars mission man Annadurai a persona non grata at ISRO?

  India | September 14, 2019 14:12 IST

  ​Has Padma Shri M. Annadurai, former Director of the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) and who was involved in India's three inter-planetary missions, a persona non grata at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wonder serving and retired officials.  

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  This spectacular blue crater discovered on Mars surface leaves scientists in awe

  June 19, 2019 0:03 IST

  The image taken by a high-resolution camera mounted on the orbiter from a distance of 250 km was taken back in April.

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  Mostly carbon dioxide, no breathable oxygen on Mars: NASA

  June 14, 2019 13:39 IST

  The atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide and extremely thin (about 100 times less dense than Earth's), with no breathable oxygen, NASA said on Friday.

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  NASA's Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life

  June 14, 2019 10:53 IST

  The goal of the Mars 2020 rover is to look for signs of ancient life. It will be the first spacecraft to collect samples of the Martian surface, caching them in tubes that could be returned to Earth on a future mission, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

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  Keep this tweet away from your children's reach: Trump trolled after he claims moon part of Mars

  World | June 08, 2019 14:23 IST

  Jokes, witty one-liners and memes flooded Twitter soon after Trump's tweet started doing the rounds.

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  NASA invites public to submit their names to fly aboard Mars 2020 rover

  May 22, 2019 18:01 IST

  Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is inviting the public to submit their names to fly to the Red Planet aboard the US space agency's Mars 2020 rover.

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  NASA plans to land astronauts on Mars by 2033

  April 04, 2019 8:41 IST

  Last month, US Vice President Mike Pence urged NASA to return American astronauts to the Moon within five years (by 2024) and warned that if NASA cannot do it, it is NASA, not the mission, that must change.

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  Scientists discover potential source of methane on Mars

  April 03, 2019 8:42 IST

  The apparent presence of methane on Mars has fuelled intense speculation that the gas could emanate from microbial Martians beneath the surface.

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  Mars still has active deep groundwater: Scientists

  April 01, 2019 7:33 IST

  The team studied the characteristics of Mars' Recurrent Slope Linea, which are akin to dried, short streams of water that appear on some crater walls on Mars.

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  Mars had big rivers for billions of years: Study

  March 29, 2019 10:36 IST

  The study by scientists at the University of Chicago catalogued these rivers and found that significant river runoff persisted on Mars later into its history than previously thought.