The map, to be released in batches over six months, covers the vast majority of the planet, revealing dozens of minerals found on its surface.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ History
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The rocks it has analyzed for sample collection are helping the team better understand a past marked by volcanic...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars
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The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit...
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My Favorite Martian Image: the Ridges of ‘South Séítah’
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NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past. Read More
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NASA’s InSight Records Monster Quake on Mars
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Estimated to be magnitude 5, the quake is the biggest ever detected on another planet. Read More
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What Sounds Captured by NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reveal About Mars
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A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of sound is slower on...
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Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
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NASA’s newest Mars rover is beginning to study the floor of an ancient crater that once held a lake....
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Clays, Not Water, Are Likely Source of Mars ‘Lakes’
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Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian...
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NASA to Reveal New Video, Images From Mars Perseverance Rover
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First-of-its kind footage from the agency’s newest rover will be presented during a briefing this morning. Read More
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