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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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Mars could host a deep underground biosphere

Posted on October 21, 2021June 13, 2025 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, 2021June 25, 2025 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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        Are we looking for Martian life in the right place?

        Posted on February 4, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Thus far, we have not found evidence of life on Mars. Is it truly a sterile desert, or are we simply looking in the wrong place? #Mars #NASA

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          Designing an airplane that can fly on Mars!

          Posted on January 4, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Can #airplanes fly on #Mars? Maybe! Find out the perfect wing shape for flying in the thin Martian atmosphere.

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            Early Martian life may have used sulfur as an energy source

            Posted on September 7, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Using an environment on Earth that simulates early Mars conditions, researchers found an abundance of bacteria that get their energy from…

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              How would we establish a society on Mars?

              Posted on August 20, 2020June 17, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Humans are not built for Mars. Or rather, Mars isn't built for us, yet. Understanding the sacrifices such a massive undertaking needs is…

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