Mars has long been a tantalizing neighbour, a source of fertile imagination and misinterpreted information. Telescopes and numerous space probes have studied the red planet to learn more about its water history. NASA’s Mars exploration culminated in the Perseverance Rover landing in 2021, its mission to collect rock samples for eventual return to Earth, and to explore the Jezero Crater’s ancient river delta, a major step toward determining whether Mars once hosted microbial life.

Toronto-based Deep Field Productions’ Unsolved Universe Series depicts the boom in space discovery. Breathtaking imagery and new insights boost our age-old quest to understand the cosmos.