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The Morning After: NASA’s Perseverance begins its search for ancient life on Mars After launching in July 2020, NASA’s Perseverance touched down on Mars at around 3:55 PM ET yesterday, following a smooth descent to the surface. Perseverance's engineering cameras shared images from the landing site shortly after touchdown, which you can see here. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-lands-on-mars-124959650.html

How to watch the UAE’s first deep space probe reach Mars A robotic probe owned by the United Arab Emirates is preparing to jump into Mars orbit on Tuesday after launching from Earth last year. For mission managers in Dubai, it’s a nerve-racking climax in the UAE’s first mission to deep space. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22272990/watch-probe-united-arab-emirates-mars-hope

China probe delivers its first photo of Mars China’s plans for interplanetary exploration just took a big stride forward. The Guardian reports that the country’s Tianwen-1 probe has returned its first photo of Mars, capturing a black-and-white snapshot from about 1.4 million miles away. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/china-tianwen-1-probe-mars-photo-212926607.html

Martian Satellite Photos Show Dynamic Planet Mars, once thought to be a static, dusty landscape, is ever changing. It wasn't until NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showed up that we observed shifting dunes, seasons coming and going, and dust devils swirling across the planet. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/martian-satellite-photos-show-dynamic-planet/

A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world When NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, launches this week, the robot will have a tiny stowaway on board: a small box-shaped helicopter. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/29/21339544/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-perseverance-rover-flight-date

Today, scientists announced that they have detected what could be a large reservoir of liquid water under the surface of Mars. The "lake" measures 20-km across and is located about 1.5 km below the Mars's southern polar ice cap. An article about the discovery was published in the journal Science. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/25/mars-liquid-water-underground-lake-polar-ice-cap/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

"We still aren't quite sure how Mars formed; there are many questions about its distinct geology and weird (but lovable) potato moons that don't really make sense. But now, a study in the journal  Geophysical Research Letters may have solved some of the enduring mysteries of the red planet".... http://buff.ly/2tzrTXo via Buffer