A NASA rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilized life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA's Perseverance rover is ... Read More

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Its discovery points to an exciting new place to search for life, and ... Diverse Ancient Volcanoes on Mars Discovered by Planetary Scientist May Hold Clues to Pre-Plate Tectonic Activity ... Read More

NASA smashed an asteroid with a rocket. The debris could hit Mars.

A test to protect Earth from asteroids unleashed a swarm of boulders—and a new study suggests ... DART—NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission—humanity’s first ever planetary ... Read More

NASA's search for life on Mars: A rocky road for rovers, a long slog for scientists, and a battle of the budget

Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA rovers now exploring it ... will help the science team choose the rocks ... Read More

NASA’s attempt to bring home part of Mars is unprecedented. The mission’s problems are not

NASA was able to turn the troubled venture around. Supporters of Mars Sample Return are hopeful that mission will follow a similar trajectory. “A lot of great science will come out of” Mars ... Read More

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Apr. 18, 2024 — The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade ... Read More

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A top brain expert and a former CIA officer ... for science on another planetary body," writes the space agency. NASA officials announced on April 15 that the initial plan to get the Mars samples ... Read More

Nasa's quest for alien life: A single grain of ice could hold the key

As per the Live Science report, the implications of these ... existing and forthcoming space missions in the search for alien life within our solar system. By collecting and analyzing just a ... Read More

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April 22, 2024 • Drug company reps commonly visit doctors to talk about new medications. A team of economists wanted to know if that helps patients live longer. They found that for cancer ... Read More

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NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alien life. Bringing them to Earth got too expensive. Researchers in search of the colossal squid ... Read More