May 16 (UPI) --NASA and the European Space Agency will search together for signs of life on Mars, the U.S. space administration announced Thursday. They will collaborate on the ExoMars Rosalind ...
The strikingly diverse surface of Mars is captured in new orbiter flyover footage, providing insight on the events of the Red ...
Scientists hope the spacewalk will tell them if future experiments on Mars are at risk of contamination from bacteria humans ...
NASA's Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero Crater on Mars. For the next three years, this astrobiology mission collected ...
An international team of planetary scientists has recently discovered patches of water frost atop the Tharsis volcanoes on ...
A solar storm hit Mars after the sun unleashed a massive flare in May. Orbiters and the Curiosity rover witnessed the storm’s ...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? – Henry, age 13, Somerville ...
Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off" patches of ...
Have you ever played hide-and-seek in a new place? It’s much harder than playing at home. You only know the obvious hiding spots: under the bed, in the closet, behind the couch. The trick is trying to ...
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