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New Analysis of Data From NASA's 1976 Viking Mission Suggests Life Was Found on Mars
Researchers looking at data from NASA's Viking missions in 1976 say the data indicates the Viking LR experiment found microbial life on Mars. (April 14, 2012)

Elephant on Mars Created by Flood of Lava
University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen says the elephant on Mars (pictured above) is an example of pareidolia. (April 9, 2012)

Geologists Discover New Type of Landform on Mars Called PBRs
University of Washington geologists have discovered a new class of landform on Mars. (March 22, 2012)

Photo: The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a huge dust devil on Mars. (March 7, 2012)

Mars Express Orbiter Finds Possible Sediments of Ancient Martian Ocean Floor
The MARSIS radar instrument on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter has discovered a subsurface blanket of low density material around the north polar cap. (February 9, 2012)

NASA Launches Atlas V Rocket to Mars Today
Today NASA launched the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (November 26, 2011)

Animation: Russian Phobos-Grunt Mission to Grab Soil From Mars Moon
The Phobos-Grunt mission has blasted off on an ambitious mission to grab soil from the surface of Mars' tiny moon Phobos and return the samples to Earth in 2014. (November 8, 2011)

NASA Rover Reaches Edge of Endeavour Crater on Mars After Three Year Journey
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the edge of the Endeavour Crater on Mars. (August 13, 2011)

Bio Station Alpha: Secret Martian Base or Linear Streak Artifact
David Martines, an armchair astronomer, has shared footage on YouTube of a 700-foot-long structure he found on Mars using Google Mars. (June 6, 2011)

Martian Dust Devils Are Much More Powerful Than Terrestrial Dust Devils
Dust devils on Earth are usually small and weak with maximum winds of 60 mph. (May 28, 2011)

NASA Exploring Idea of Tumbleweed Inspired Mars Rovers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Langley Research Center are both pursuing the idea of sending wind-powered tumbleweed-like rovers to Mars. (June 4, 2010)

Mars Rover Image Shows Earth As Seen From Mars
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has released the image above. (April 28, 2010)

Success! NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water
Above is a graphic of the tweet from the Mars Phoenix Twitter that water had been confirmed on the surface of the planet Mars. (July 31, 2008)

Phoenix Lander Discovers Ice, Salt or Something Else?
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander may be on the verge of a big discovery. (June 17, 2008)

Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars
This photo shows the Earth and Moon as seen from Mars. (March 3, 2008)

Man on Mars or Rock on Mars?
Some believe that the above magnified image from Nasa's spacecraft Spirit is a man or creature on the planet Mars. (January 28, 2008)

Scientist Suggests Terraforming Mars
Space. (June 25, 2007)

Mars Rovers Returns Images of Victoria Crater
The BBC reports that Enduring, one of NASA's enduring Mars rovers, is returning pictures from the Victoria Crater on Mars. (October 2, 2006)

Face on Mars is Not a Face
The face on Mars appears to be a natural rock formation based on new images taken by Mars Express. (September 25, 2006)

Mars Rovers Still Going
The Mars rovers Spirt and Opportunity continue to explore the Martian landscape. (April 18, 2006)

Google Lauches Google Mars
>Google has a new feature called Google Mars that lets you browse the surface of Mars using images provided by NASA using the same technology behind Google Maps. (March 16, 2006)

Mars in 3 Hours?
An article on New Scientist discusses an ship that could slip into multidimensional hyperspace and travel to far away destinations incredibly quickly -- like Mars in just 3 hours. (January 30, 2006)

Beagle 2 Found on Mars?
The BBC reports that one of the scientists working on the Beagle 2 mission believes the lost Mars probe may have been discovered in recent pictures of the Mars surface. (December 20, 2005)