Did Spirit really find hot spring deposits on Mars? October 15, 2023 Episode 132 Hot spring deposits on Earth preserve evidence of microbial life, including from nearly 3.5 billion years …
Five days without downlink from Mars June 25, 2023 Episode 116 The Perseverance rover sends back a daily stream of images from its many cameras, which are …
Surprising end to Mars drama June 18, 2023 Episode 115 Collecting rock samples for return to Earth is a primary objective for the Perseverance rover. So …
Here's why soft rocks are hard on Mars June 11, 2023 Episode 114 Sending a rover to Mars to do geologic fieldwork inevitably leads to frustration. Collecting a rock …
Bizarre remains of an ancient beach on Mars May 7, 2023 Episode 109 The Curiosity rover was a few billion years too late to splash in the water, but …
End of the line for Mars rover hitchhikers April 30, 2023 Episode 108 The first one came aboard in February 2022, the second one a year later. Now the …
Visitors to Mars reunite April 23, 2023 Episode 107 Ingenuity has spent most of the past two years hundreds of meters away from Perseverance. But …
This is what Ingenuity saw from above December 18, 2022 Episode 89 Ingenuity has survived the brutally cold Martian winter and received a software update. Its latest flight …
Breaking rocks and taking samples October 9, 2022 Episode 79 Mudstones are a sort of holy grail for astrobiology, but the thing that makes them enticing …
Months of extreme cold force Ingenuity to prove it can still fly August 28, 2022 Episode 73 The original plan for the Ingenuity helicopter was just to show that it could actually fly …
Is this coating evidence of microbial activity? August 21, 2022 Episode 72 Thin dark coatings known as desert varnish are common on rocks in arid regions on Earth …
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