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Toxic Perchlorate on Mars Could Make Life More Interesting
Universe Today· 1 day agoThe search for life in the Universe has fascinated humans for centuries. The Martian regolith, the top layer of dust upon the surface has been found to be full of perchlorate salts. To the casual ...
Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRed and blue lines arc out of the north pole of Earth. One of Earth's defining features is its...
On This Day, May 25: Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars
United Press International via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIn 2011, The Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast...a great way to show the strength of Boston and the...
Space oddity: NASA's so-called 'dead' Mars robot is still providing data. Kind of.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRecently, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter checked on its retired colleague and sent back an image of the InSight lander on the planet's surface. Even though, the lander cannot ...
Mars craters pop in new images from ExoMars
EarthSky· 6 days agoThe terrain of Mars has pockmarks and ripples from a variety of forces: asteroid collisions, volcanoes, wind erosion, and the movement of water and ice....
How to see the rare ‘parade of planets’ next month
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIf you missed the recent Northern Lights displays across the UK or the blue meteor that illuminated skies across Europe, another rare astronomical event...
Scientists find Earth-sized planet. It's orbiting a fascinating star.
Mashable· 4 days agoThe exoplanet, which receives much more solar radiation than Earth and is unlikely to harbor liquid...
NASA wants to build a floating railway on the moon
Autoblog via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNASA's "Moon to Mars" project aims to establish a human settlement on the surface of the moon and ultimately reach the Red Planet. Making it happen...
Earth 2.0 or its evil twin? Discovery of Earth-sized planet could shed light on conditions necessary...
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe study of life in the universe is difficult because we have only one example of a planet where life has been confirmed: Earth. It is difficult to say which characteristics ...
Gaze Into The Colossal Craters Of Mars And They Will Stare Icily Back
IFLScience· 5 days agoFreshly released images show a bird’s eye view of the colossal craters that scar the surface of...