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 ...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different ...
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 ...
The presence of a 12-mile long lake under the south pole of Mars was probably just a technology glitch, scientists have said, dampening hopes that life may exist there. In 2018, the European Space ...
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 ...
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 ...
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