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Using the Webb telescope, scientists may have found the ‘best bet’ for an ocean world outside our solar system!
Among all known temperate exoplanets, this is possibly the most promising candidate for confirming …
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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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Perseverance rover has found a rock with potential signs of ancient life on Mars! Scientists can’t wait to bring it back
The rock exhibits chemical signatures and structures that might have formed billions of years ago, …
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Freaky finding: NASA's Curiosity rover has found something on Mars that shouldn’t have existed there!
Scientists say this Martian discovery by Curiosity is akin to finding an oasis in the desert—it sho…
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An engineer who lived in NASA's Mars simulation for 378 days went through extreme isolation but still said he'd go to the red planet for real if he could
Ross Brockwell spent a year in NASA's CHAPEA Mars simulation. He missed Earth but would live on the…
Jenny McGrath
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Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface
NASA's InSight lander measured Marsquakes, and now its data is hinting there's a reservoir of liqui…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists have found frost on Mars’ volcano peaks, enough to fill 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
We Earthlings are all too familiar with frost. That crisp, white layer we see on cold mornings is a…
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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…
PTI
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Mars could be creating 'giant whirlpools' deep within our planet's oceans
Scientists claim the red planet's gravitational pull may be strong enough to move sediments on Eart…
Marianne Guenot
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Chinese scientists created a robot that can make oxygen on Mars. It could allow humans to someday live on the red planet.
The robot was able to come up with the experiment and carry it out "without human intervention." It…
Marianne Guenot
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Massive amounts of frozen water found underneath Mars' equator!
For years, the towering dust sculptures of the Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars have baffled scient…
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NASA's InSight lander finds biggest Marsquakes on Red Planet
On September 18, NASA's InSight lander celebrated its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, by measuring …
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First-ever livestream from Mars beamed back images from the red planet despite technical difficulties
Never have images from the red planet been seen in near real-time. Inclement weather disrupted the …
Marianne Guenot
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Salt, water and the hunt for life — Here are the biggest discoveries about Mars in the last three months
Earth’s next door neighbour, Mars, is currently humanity’s best bet for settling down on another pl…
Prabhjote Gill
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45 years ago, NASA's Voyager spacecraft flew past Jupiter. See how the iconic video compares to photos of the planet today.
Voyager 1 captured Jupiter as nobody had ever seen it before. Now, 45 years later, NASA's Juno spac…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn Lapointe
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NASA set to deploy its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars
In a first, the Perseverance rover on Mars is set to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity that …
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NASA says its Ingenuity Mars helicopter sent a positive status update. As it prepares for the flight, the agency is thinking about future crewed flights to the Red Planet.
NASA said its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter sent a positive status update, saying its batteries and bas…
Kevin Shalvey
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Solar Winds may have led Mars lose its atmosphere, says study
While factors like the existence of a moderately warm, moist atmosphere and liquid water determi…
PTI
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Photos from NASA's Mars rover show the red planet's ancient rivers were much wilder than scientists first thought
NASA's Perseverance rover found evidence of a deep, high-energy river that could help scientists fi…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Mars will appear bigger, redder, and brighter tonight before dimming for another 25 years
Mars will be at its brightest tonight, on October 13. And the Red Planet will not appear this brigh…