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Smaller than a penny, the flower-like rock artifact on the left was imaged by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the end of its robotic arm. The image was taken on Feb. 24, 2022, the 3,396th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The “flower,” along with the spherical rock artifacts seen to the right, were made in the ancient past when minerals carried by water cemented the rock. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Mars' bizarre "flower" rock, explained

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/rajeshbac)

Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars

David Weintraub - The Conversation
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Opportunity still unresponsive on Mars

Nicole Karlis
Opportunity rover (NASA)

Oppy, phone home

Nicole Karlis
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Martian dust storm may doom NASA rover

Keith A. Spencer
(Getty/rajeshbac)

Mars: NASA finds building blocks of life

Keith A. Spencer

Clouds on Mars

Javier Barbuzano - Sky & Telescope
(@MarsCuriosity)

Natasha Lennard
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Prachi Gupta
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