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Drilling for water ice on Mars: How close are we to making it happen?
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA yellow tinted four-wheeled rover with to blue cylindrical tanks stands on a rusted red surface....
Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRovers on Mars frequently come across debris – like this heat shield and spring – from their own or...
The long-awaited mission that could transform our understanding of Mars
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMarch 17, 2022, was a rough day for Jorge Vago. A planetary physicist, Vago heads science for part...
If life exists on Mars, don't count on sample-return missions to find it, scientists say
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhile ambitious plans to return Red Planet samples to Earth are in development, some scientists...
NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOne researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have...
Satellite Sets New Relay Record for Sending Martian Messages to Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor 19 years, the Mars Express spacecraft has orbited the Red Planet, providing breathtaking views...
Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to...
Massive 'lighthouses' on the moon could light the way for future lunar astronauts
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHoneybee Robotics has a plan to build massive lighthouses on the moon to provide light, power and...
See herds of wild burros on this easy hike near Phoenix. Here's how to do it
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWild burros make lots of tracks — and lots of little burros. That’s a concern for hikers and land managers because overpopulation can lead to overgrazing, negative impacts on native wildlife ...
A piece of history: What to know about the University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx mission
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 7 months agoResearchers at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory waited seven years for the return of its NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx. The spacecraft launched in 2018 with the goal of ...