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ScienceAlert on MSNMars Seen Up Close in Stunning World First 60 Years Ago TodayAs it flew by Mars, the spacecraft's onboard camera snapped 22 pictures of the planet's surface, sending them back home to Earth – the first-ever close-up photos of Mars obtained by humans, and the very first photos of another planet obtained from a position in deep space.
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LAist on MSNThe first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were capturedMariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of studying the Red Planet.
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Discover Magazine on MSNAncient Riverbeds on Mars Suggest Red Planet Was Wetter and More Complex Than Previously ThoughtResearchers examining Noachis Terra in Mars’ southern highlands found evidence of extensive river networks – some hundreds of kilometers long.
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Live Science on MSNMystery of Mars' missing water could be solved by the planet's tipsy tiltMars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the planet's violently varying tilt may be a key factor.
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Space.com on MSNHappy anniversary, Mariner 4! NASA probe got 1st-ever up-close look at Mars 60 years ago todayAfter its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft had suffered close to 100 micrometeoroid impacts and was out of fuel. The mission was officially ended on Dec. 21.
Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost planet.
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The Daily Galaxy on MSNMars Wasn’t Always Dry: It Once Had Rivers Spanning Over 15,000 KilometersMars, the Red Planet, may have been much wetter in the distant past than scientists ever imagined. A groundbreaking discovery has revealed more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds in Mars’ Noachis Terra region,