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Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space
The Red Planet launches large bursts of plasma into space from its upper atmosphere, much like the sun鈥檚 coronal mass ejections, despite not having a global magnetic field
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Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
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A single meteorite smashed into Mars and created 2 billion craters
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Mars’s gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir Earth’s oceans
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The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision
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The Ingenuity helicopter鈥檚 Mars mission is over, but it left a legacy
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Mysterious patch on Mars appears to be enormous lump of ice
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Japan is sending a rover to Mars’s moon Phobos in 2024
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Robotic chemist discovers how to make oxygen from Martian minerals
A chemistry robot analysed meteorite samples and tested a range of catalysts, demonstrating a possible approach for producing oxygen at a Martian colony
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Searching for life on Mars isn鈥檛 worth the risk to Earth
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Largest quake ever seen on Mars points to surprising seismic activity
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Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth
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Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?
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