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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

New images show where complex fault lines in Mars’ Phoenicis Lacus region have resulted in terrain with a distinctly contrasting appearance. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G Neukum)

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A perspective view showing a naturally “skull-shaped” and several “pyramid-shaped” formations in the Cydonia region on Mars. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G Neukum)

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A topographical feature dubbed Hebes Chasma. This trough, almost 8 000 m deep, is located in Valles Marineris, the “Grand Canyon” of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed long, long ago....

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It’s all about… Curiosity

On 6 August, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, launched at the end of November last year, will deliver a car-sized rover called Curiosity to the surface of Mars to begin a two-year prime...

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Curiosity lands on Mars

Nasa’s most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars early this morning to end a 36-week flight...

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Curiosity lands on the Red Planet

Relive the nail-biting terror and joy as Nasa’s Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars the morning of 6 August EDT. See and hear the team inside JPL mission control along with a visualisation of...

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Curiosity’s photos from Mars

From Curiosity’s descent and early views of Mars, to 3D views from the front of and behind the rover, take a look at the images of the Red Planet taken so far… Curiosity landed on Mars early in the...

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Mars’s dramatic climate variations are driven by the Sun

On Mars’s poles there are ice caps of ice and dust with layers that reflect to past climate variations on Mars. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have related the layers in the ice cap on...

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Comet heading for Mars

Astronomers have reported that a comet – dubbed Comet 2013 A1 – is heading for Mars and that there is a small but significant chance that it will strike the Red Planet in October 2014. There is a 1 in...

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Pebbly rocks testify to ancient, flowing stream on Mars

Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers’ initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: They are part of an ancient...

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West-facing impact crater in Mars’ northern hemisphere

This image shows the west-facing side of an impact crater in the mid-latitudes of Mars’ northern hemisphere. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Nasa’s Mars...

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Floodwaters on Mars carved impressive Kasei Valles channel

Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1,55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic, which features the...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

There are few places on Mars lower than this. On the left of this image, the floor of Melas Chasma sinks nine kilometres below the surrounding plains. New images from ESA"â„¢s Mars Express highlight...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A topographical feature dubbed Hebes Chasma. This trough, almost 8 000 m deep, is located in Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon" of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed long, long ago. The...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

Perspective view of Mars' Aureum Chaos, looking north-east. The post Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express appeared first on Popular Mechanics.

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A topographical feature dubbed Hebes Chasma. This trough, almost 8 000 m deep, is located in Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon" of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed long, long ago. The...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

New images show where complex fault lines in Mars"â„¢ Phoenicis Lacus region have resulted in terrain with a distinctly contrasting appearance. The post Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A topographical feature dubbed Hebes Chasma. This trough, almost 8 000 m deep, is located in Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon" of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed long, long ago. The...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

New images show where complex fault lines in Mars"â„¢ Phoenicis Lacus region have resulted in terrain with a distinctly contrasting appearance. The post Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express...

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Images of the Red Planet taken by Mars Express

A topographical feature dubbed Hebes Chasma. This trough, almost 8 000 m deep, is located in Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon" of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed long, long ago. The...

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