ScienceDaily
South Korean scientists find that asteroid impacts created warm, mineral-rich crater lakes where oxygen-producing microbes thrived, potentially explaining Earth's Great Oxidation Event - and giving Mars a new place to look for alien life.
NASA
Curiosity gets back to drilling after a block-related mishap, while Psyche swings by for a gravity assist and a coordinated atmospheric observation - like a road trip with bonus science.
ScienceDaily
A 1,300-kilometer Martian valley gives scientists more evidence that Mars once had an ocean, because apparently being a dry, cold desert wasn't always the vibe.
NASA
Curiosity gets its drill stuck, wiggles free like a pro, snaps a bunch of pretty rock photos, and heads off to find a bigger rock to drill - because Mars isn't going to science itself.
NASA
NASA's Psyche mission snaps a dust-veiled, overexposed crescent of Mars from 3 million miles away, because even asteroid-bound spacecraft need a practice selfie.
NASA
Curiosity gets a rock stuck on its drill bit, tries percussive maintenance, and eventually shakes it off, losing some sample in the process.
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