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Category: What is going on with Mars?

What is Mars made of? What’s on the red planet? What do we know and what is left to learn? Will humans go there? So many questions!
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Could microbes feed astronauts on Mars?

Posted on April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 by Hunter Dulay

Scientists found that photosynthesizing microbes grown on a synthetic mixture of Martian dust and astronaut pee could supplement a healthy…

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    Could we find evidence for life in fool’s gold?

    Posted on November 21, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

    Scientists looked for biosignatures in fool's gold from a Mars-like environment . They found small filaments within the rock that may once…

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      Microbes entombed in ancient salts could help search for life on Mars

      Posted on August 8, 2022May 9, 2024 by Aubrey Zerkle

      Geologists discovered microbes trapped in 830-million-year-old salt minerals similar to those found on Mars.

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        A crater lake on Mars was racked by ancient flash floods

        Posted on March 28, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

        One picture from the surface of Mars can tell us an entire story about the history and formation of that place. Often, the similarities and…

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          Could there be ice in caves on Mars?

          Posted on February 3, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Based on visual and theoretical evidence, astronomers think that Mars has ice in caves that were carved out by volcanic activity. Spacecraft…

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            Smart robots could automatically identify Mars rocks

            Posted on December 20, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

            How do you train a computer to identify the type of Mars rocks it sees? #Mars #geology #machinelearning #deeplearning

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              Researchers propose making concrete with human bodily fluids

              Posted on October 25, 2021October 24, 2022 by Hunter Dulay

              Imagine what it would be like to be an astronaut landing on Mars for the first time. The red planet has little more than dust and rocks as…

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                Mars could host a deep underground biosphere

                Posted on October 21, 2021October 24, 2022 by Andrea Corpolongo

                Scientists estimate that parts of Mars’ would be able to support up to one million microbes per kilogram of rock deep underground.

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                  Deep-ocean rocks mimic early Mars

                  Posted on October 14, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  It’s no secret that humans have their eyes on the Red Planet. Since the surface of Mars is really different from Earth, a lot of…

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                    The first climbing robot for Mars

                    Posted on August 23, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    As the hunt for extraterrestrial life continues, scientists are giving rovers some new game changing abilities. With the "LEMUR", we may not…

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