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Northern lights on Mars? See first aurora photo from The Red Planet.
Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...
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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...
Museum visitors to touch part of the moon and Mars
Visitors to London's Natural History Museum will be able to touch a piece of the moon and the planet Mars at a new exhibition ...
Aurora on Mars? The Martian night sky turned green in a stunning first
NASA has confirmed the first-ever visible green aurora on Mars, detected by the Perseverance rover over Jezero Crater. This ...
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'Marsquakes' reveal clues about a hidden body of water on Mars
By listening to the echoes of "marsquakes" — seismic waves rippling through Mars ' crust — researchers uncovered signs of ...
Colorado teen designs spacesuit prototypes after joining NASA's simulated Mars mission
But one Colorado student is already reaching for the stars.Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at New Vista High School in Boulder, ...
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Scientists find hint of hidden liquid water ocean deep below Mars' surface
By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...