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Curiosity Spots Metal-Rich Ripples That Signal a Shallow Ancient Lake on Mars

The peer-reviewed finding pinpoints a high-priority target for tests of past habitability.

NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Perseverance Finds Kaolinite in Jezero, Pointing to Long-Lived Rain on Ancient Mars

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

Curiosity Rover Reveals Coral-Like Rock Paposo as Ancient Mineral Vein

Mars Orbiter Executes 120-Degree Rolls to Reveal Deeper Subsurface Layers

James Webb Directly Images Young Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Disk

Curiosity Rover Uncovers Spiderweb-Like Boxwork Ridges Indicating Ancient Groundwater

NASA's Curiosity Rover Explores Mars' Mysterious 'Spiderweb' Region

China's Zhurong Rover Finds Potential Evidence of Ancient Martian Ocean

Study Suggests Saturn's Moon Titan May Harbor Life

Discovery of Potential Ocean on Uranus' Moon Miranda Raises Hope for Extraterrestrial Life