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NASA Rover Finds Fresh Evidence of Warm and Wet Past of Mars

Reuters on MSN · 2d

NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it boasted substantial bodies of water and potentially harbored life.

Science News · 2d

A NASA rover finally found Mars’ missing carbon

The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.

Ars Technica · 1d

Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery of Mars’ missing carbon stems from two seemingly conflicting results. On the one hand,

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Most Carbon-Rich Asteroids Never Make It to Earth—and Now We Know Why

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...

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Curiosity rover reveals ancient carbon cycle on Mars

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

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Have astronomers found extraterrestrial life on a distant planet? Here's the discovery

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

Al Jazeera on MSN2d

Is there life on another planet? Scientists find the strongest evidence yet

Near a planet far, far away astronomers have found traces of chemicals that on Earth are only produced by living beings.

SETI Institute2d

How Ancient Martian Rocks May Have Helped Water Flow on its Surface

A new hypothesis from SETI Institute scientist Dr. Janice Bishop and Dr. Melissa Lane from Fibernetics in Pennsylvania could ...

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