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Strange 'paint' patterns found on Mars could pass for modern art
A new study using high-resolution images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed striking surface patterns ...
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Is NASA ready for the Red Planet? US senator's 'Mission to MARS Act' aims to modernize Johnson Space Center
Texas Senator John Cornyn announced a $1 billion MARS Act to upgrade NASA's Johnson Space Center to better support ...
The challenges facing Elon Musk and NASA in sending humans to Mars
Ever since American astronauts landed on the Moon, there’s been an appetite to visit Mars. But a number of daunting ...
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Astronomers Stunned as Epic Mars Aurora Covers Entire Planet
Astronomers, for the first time ever, have witnessed visible auroras over Mars, and it dwarfs anything we see on Earth.
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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 ...
Mars weather: Clear with a low of 114 below zero
On May 12, weather-station equipment on NASA's Curiosity rover (pictured 2021) recorded a high temperature of 11 degrees ...
Europa Clipper Just Tested Its Life-Hunting Tech on Mars – Here’s What It Found
NASA's Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby to ...
NASA rover shares moody image of Mars moon Deimos
A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover's Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the ...