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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe equipment planned to help bring samples back from Mars. NASA/JPL A critical NASA mission in the...
The strange case of methane on Mars: Possible new answers
EarthSky· 5 hours agoOn Mars, methane has only been discovered in Gale crater, and its origins are unknown. The Curiosity...
NASA Mars imagery captures auroras covering planet
Newsweek· 22 hours agoA Mars orbiter has snapped spectacular aurora light shows rippling across the Red Planet's atmosphere, stretching across the entire globe. Just like Earth, Mars skies light up in a kaleidoscope ...
NASA on Alert: Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoThe Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms...
NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science
NASA· 1 day agoNine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services...
New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Phys.org· 1 day agoA research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that ...
Science Highlights - NASA Science
NASA· 4 days agoWith four years on the Red Planet, InSight captured the ‘vital signs’ of Mars, giving the planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion...
NASA's latest speed test logs its laser-based comms system at 25 Mbps—a connection speed usually...
PC Gamer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLasers—pretty cool, eh? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had previously figured out to use...
The science behind the 'spiders' on Mars and the Inca City
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoOne of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars explorers, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO),...
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it's a vital step to sending humans to the red...
Phys.org· 2 days agoIn brief, the ambitious plan was to collect rock samples cached inside containers by NASA's Perseverance rover and deliver them to laboratories on Earth. Perseverance has been exploring Mars ...