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Scientists make breakthrough in quest to discover life on Mars

A team of researchers that panned a new study details a breakthrough in humanity's quest to discover life on Earth's closest neighboring planet.

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Scientists say there's a chance NASA's rover has found life on Mars

Scientists believe that NASA's Perseverance rover could already have evidence of past microbial life contained within its collected samples.

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NASA celebrates helicopter breaking record on the surface of Mars

The helicopter stationed on the surface of Mars has completed its 70th flight, and NASA is celebrating the achievement of a new distance record.

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NASA's Mars rover captured an entire Martian day from dawn to dusk

NASA has released a video captured by the legendary Mars rover Curiosity of a 24-hour timelapse of dawn to dusk on the surface of Mars.

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NASA technician reveals he crashed a Mars rover two weeks before launch

A NASA technician has revealed he crashed a Mars rover two weeks before launch by sending a surge of electricity to the wrong component.

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Mars is going to disappear from Earth's sky for two weeks starting on Saturday

Mars will disappear from Earth's sky for two weeks as the Red Planet moves directly behind the Sun, severing communications with NASA robots.

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NASA has stopped sending commands to its Mars rover and helicopter

NASA has announced its temporarily dropped communications with its Mars rover due to the position of Earth and Mars relative to the Sun.

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NASA shows doubt for its Mars samples getting back to Earth on schedule

NASA's current plan for getting Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth may cost too much to keep on schedule.

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Scientists discover new way to create oxygen on Mars

Researchers have discovered a new way to create oxygen in the Martian atmosphere, and it all links back to a specific bacteria that eats carbon dioxide.

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NASA's rover photographed an 'avocado' on the surface of Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has photographed an 'avocado'-shaped rock on the surface of the Red Planet, intriguing researchers.

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NASA is paying four people to be locked in a Mars simulator for just over a year

NASA will be paying slightly over per hour minimum wage to the four individuals living in a simulation of the surface of Mars for 378 days.

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Astronomers discover radioactive heat source coming from inside Mars

Data obtained by NASA's Mars InSight lander has been used to discover a radioactive heat source is coming from deep within Mars' interior.

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Researchers say China's Mars rover has made an unprecedented discovery

A team of researchers has made a discovery that may help in the long-standing search for evidence of past microbial life on the surface of Mars.

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China to copy NASA's helicopter to beat the US in the Mars sample return race

China has released more details about its Tianwen-3 mission, which is set to deliver Mars samples back to Earth before any other country.

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NASA releases the most detailed 3D map of Mars ever, Google Earth but for Mars

Using data acquired from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers have stitched together 110,000 images to create the most detailed 3D map of Mars.

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Scientists create new stunning map of Mars showing it off in fascinating detail

A new map of Mars has been released by scientists showcasing the Red Planet's geological features in unprecedented detail from the vantage point of orbit.

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Mars rover expected to be dead after officials dodge questions about its health

A Mars rover that landed on the planet in 2021 is now expected to be an expensive piece of Martian trash after officials dodge questions about its health.

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NASA rover discovers surprising evidence of water on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered surprising and what is now being described as the clearest evidence Curiosity has gathered of Mars' watery past.

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A helicopter just flew over the top of NASA's Mars rover tracks

NASA has confirmed a helicopter has flown over the top of its Mars rover named Perseverance, which is tasked with finding signs of ancient microbial life.

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Elon Musk posts a video showing how humans will land on Mars

SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has shared a video of what he says will be how humans will land on our next target planet, Mars.

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80-story-tall megatsunami from asteroid impact desolated the surface of Mars

Researchers have found that billions of years ago, Mars was rocked by a massive megatsunami that would have been as tall as an 80-story building.

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NASA witnesses one of the largest meteor craters forming in the solar system

NASA's InSight lander detected a magnitude four Marsquake that was later found to be caused by a large meteor strike that rocked the Red Planet.

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NASA's rover gets hit with curve ball while taking a sample from Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered an unforeseen problem while collecting its now 14th sample from the surface of the Red Planet.

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NASA's says a foreign object stuck to a helicopter on Mars

NASA has announced that there was a foreign object that briefly stuck to the legs of the space agency's helicopter located on Mars' surface.

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Mars helicopter completes flight following rover breaking its sample

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has successfully completed a new flight following a mishap that occurred with NASA's Mars rover Perseverance.

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Mars has much more human trash on it than you'd expect

For more than 50 years, humans have been exploring the Red Planet, and during that time, we have learned much and also left a lot behind.

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NASA announces it will 'inspire' the world in 2033

NASA has announced it will 'inspire' the world in 2033 when it brings back the very first samples from a neighboring planet.

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NASA rover discovers weird string-like object on Mars that goes viral

NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered a strange string-like or spaghetti-like object on Mars, and the internet wants answers.

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NASA rover confirms its found trash on the surface of Mars

NASA confirmed that it has found a piece of trash on the surface of Mars and has described the discovery as 'unexpected'.

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Elon Musk gives a deep reason why humans must transport life to Mars

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to give a very deep reason why humans are obligated to transport life to Mars.

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NASA captures record breaking helicopter flight on the surface of Mars

NASA has announced it captured a record-breaking flight by a helicopter that's home is the Red Planet, also known as Mars.

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NASA explains the mysterious 'portal' it's Mars rover photographed

A photograph snapped by the Mars Curiosity rover has caused waves of line speculation as it contains an alien-looking 'door'.

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New jaw-dropping Mars images showcase the Red Planet's complex history

A new set of images of Mars look like someone has run their fingernails across the surface of the Red Planet to create trenches.

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NASA photographs a fresh crater on Mars that's only a couple years old

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed a fresh crater on Mars's surface that appears to be only a couple of years old.

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Scientists worried over NASA possibly bringing alien germs to Earth

Some scientists are worried about the possibility of NASA accidentally bringing alien germs to Earth and contaminating our planet.

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The Perseverance rover is starting the next stage of its Mars mission

NASA's Perseverance rover has reached its next target, the ancient river delta on the edge of the Jezero crater, to begin work.

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Elon Musk warns how treacherous life on Mars will be for human life

Elon Musk has warned how dangerous life on Mars will be for humans when we arrive there, 'cramped, difficult, hard work'.

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NASA breaks two records on the surface of Mars with its newest rover

NASA has broken the 17-year-old record set by Opportunity for the longest drive a Mars rover has achieved in a single day.

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Did NASA's Mars rover snap a photo of an alien sun-baking on a rock?

A UFO expert claims that a recent image snapped by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is '100% proof of life' on the Red Planet.

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Scientists want to use these giant lasers to launch spaceships to Mars

A team of researchers have suggested using lasers to power up a spacecraft that could be sent to Mars to resupply colonists.

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NASA's $800 million-dollar Mars lander killed by dust in just 4 years

NASA has announced that its $800 million-dollar InSight Lander is slowly being killed by Mars dust covering its solar panels.

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Hibernation could be 'game-changing' for getting to Mars, says ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) has found hibernation could reduce the size of a spacecraft for a return trip to Mars by a third.

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China drops wild video of its first Mars probe orbiting the Red Planet

The China National Space Administration released a video of its first Mars probe orbiting the Red Planet for the Lunar New Year.

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Mars meteorite contains organic materials, but where'd they come from?

Analysis of Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001) has determined the organic molecules found aren't of biological origin.

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Satellite orbiting Mars captures awesome photos of itself and Mars

The Chinese Tianwen 1 satellite orbiting Mars has captured selfies showing its current state, with the Red Planet lurking behind.

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NASA scientist answers 'Is there water on Mars?'

A NASA geologist has answered the question, 'Is there water on Mars'? The short answer is yes, but not in the way you think.

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5 incredible new discoveries about our next home, the Red Planet Mars

NASA's rovers are scouring the surface of the Red Planet for any information that will assist in getting humans living on Mars.

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NASA explains what it's like landing on the surface of Mars

In a new video posted to its YouTube channel, NASA has explained what it's like to land on our neighboring Red Planet - Mars.

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NASA's rover collects a mysterious 'greenish' Martian sample

NASA's Mars rover has announced that it has sealed its fifth sample tube with an 'interesting' greenish sample of Martian rock.

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NASA rover sends back jaw-dropping postcard photograph from Mars

NASA's Mars rover named Curiosity has taken an incredible photograph of the Martian landscape and sent it back to Earth.