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Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

Scientists confirm the existence of liquid water on Mars, altering our understanding of the Red Planet. Evidence of wave ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

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A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

Human ambition to want to know as much as possible about everything around us in space is something that could already be ...

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