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Steve Ruff, associate research professor at Arizona State University’s School of Earth & Space Exploration, says the discovery of what appears to be briny water on the surface of Mars will advance knowledge of the Red Planet.

Discovery of liquid water on Mars links back to UA lab, student

Sep 30, 2015 ◇ Jesse A. Millard/Cronkite News

This week’s landmark announcement that the surface of Mars has liquid water links back to a University of Arizona laboratory where students and faculty monitor images from an orbiting camera. Read more»

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This view of one of the Mars Phoenix Lander's solar panels is a composite of multiple exposures taken by the spacecraft's Surface Stereo Imager camera.

Martian winter frost ices Phoenix lander mission

May 24, 2010 ◇ Doug Isbell/TucsonSentinel.com

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission is officially over, thanks to sharp pictures from a Mars-orbiting camera that appear to show the collapse of the lander's solar panels due to an expected coating of heavy winter frost. Read more»


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