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First Martian regolith samples: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

First Martian regolith samples: NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars

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Two holes are left in the Martian surface after NASA’s Perseverance rover used a specialized drill to collect the mission’s first regolith samples on December 2-6, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface. Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from a pile …

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Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing Mars Surface Up

Surprising Martian Discovery: Massive Mantle Plume Pushing Mars Surface Up

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An artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of hot, floating rock – rising from deep within Mars and pushing Elysium Planitia, a plain in the planet’s northern lowlands. The volcanism at Elysium Planitia originates from the Cerberus Fossae, highlighted in red, a collection of young fissures that stretch more than …

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NASA Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami | CNN

NASA Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — When NASA’s Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it returned images of a landscape no one expected. These early images taken …

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