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Posted on April 14, 2021October 26, 2023

The Hows and Whys of Mars Sample Return

One of the fondest dreams and top priorities of space science for years has been  to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth to study in the kind of depth possible only in a cutting-edge laboratory. While the instruments on Mars rovers can tell us a lot,  returning a sample to study here on …

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Posted on October 13, 2016March 18, 2019

The Ancient Mars Water Story, Updated

Before the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, NASA's "follow the water"maxim had already delivered results that suggested a watery past and just maybe some water not far below the surface today that would periodically break through on sun-facing slopes. While tantalizing -- after all, the potential presence of liquid water on a exoplanet's surface is …

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Posted on October 13, 2016

The Ancient Mars Water Story, Updated

Before the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, NASA's "follow the water"maxim had already delivered results that suggested a watery past and just maybe some water not far below the surface today that would periodically break through on sun-facing slopes. While tantalizing -- after all, the potential presence of liquid water on a exoplanet's surface is …

Continue reading "The Ancient Mars Water Story, Updated"

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