Mars
Ingenuity, NASA’s “little ‘copter that could” (and did!)
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In 2020, NASA’s Perseverance rover launched for Mars with a stowaway: a tiny drone, created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Signs of an Earth-Like Environment on Ancient Mars
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NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to search for signs that Mars’ Gale Crater conditions could support microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Manganese-rich sandstones discovered ...
The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening next week
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The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place this week, bringing together members of the international space community to discuss a common ...
Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
Space laser transmission strikes Earth from 140 million miles away: NASA
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Weird But True By Ben Cost Published April 29, 2024, 11:11 a.m. ET This redefined a long-distance call. Earth just received a ...
Mars Express Discovers Mysterious Martian “Spiders”
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The dark spots in this image from ESA’s Mars Express are the telltale sign of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region ...
Here’s what they really are
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The Mars orbiter images appear to suggest that the Red Planet has succumbed to an infestation of creepy crawlies, but what’s really ...
Mars’ subsurface is ‘burping’ out methane and scientists aren’t sure why
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Since 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on Mars, specifically near its landing site inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale ...
Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...
Satellites spot clusters of ‘spiders’ sprawled across Mars’ Inca City (photo)
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Seasonal, spider-like features have been spotted sprouting through cracks in Mars’ surface. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured new images ...
