
Carbonates identified by the Curiosity rover indicate a carbon cycle operated on ancient Mars
Editor’s summary The Curiosity rover is gradually climbing a mountain located in Gale crater on Mars. Higher levels of the stratigraphy expose rocks …

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Perseverance Happened to Land Right Beside a Composite Volcano
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Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.