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If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, they would have needed umbrellas
"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now." ...
NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Oddball Rock On Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an oddball rock in an ancient river channel on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie ...
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NASA finally figures out what’s up with those “Mars spiders”
They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.
Another beautiful day on Mars: NASA’s curiosity takes a leisurely winter stroll, one sol at a time
Mastcam captured colourful images of a trough and a nearby displaced block nicknamed “Ouro.” Scientists suspect it could be ...
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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' pushes for crewed moon missions, but proposed budget cuts leave NASA science behind
The recent United States government's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that was recently signed into law has good news for the ...
Things on Mars that look like they shouldn't be there
The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. As ...
At 54 pounds, this Mars rock is largest on Earth. It could sell at auction for $4 million
A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...
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NASA's Opportunity Rover Sends Ominous Photo Marking the End of 15 Years of Exploration on Mars
NASA’s Opportunity rover became one of the most successful interplanetary missions in human history. However, that incredible journey came to a dramatic end in 2019 after 15 years of record-breaking ...
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
A budget-writing panel in the House of Representatives passed a $24.8 billion NASA budget bill Tuesday, joining a similar ...
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The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured
Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...
NASA Flips a Mars Orbiter Upside Down – And Discovers a Hidden World
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...
This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has long been a point of contention for the agency, but now someone might have a plan to ...