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UP, Bihar towns on Mars? Indian scientists name newly discovered Martian craters Mursan and Hilsa
Scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad have not only discovered a trio o…
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Marianne Guenot,Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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Towering dust devils, ancient dunes, and avalanches: 12 stunning images from NASA's Mars orbiter on its 15th anniversary
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter left Earth on August 12, 2005 — almost exactly 15 years ago. The…
Susie Neilson
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After 10 years of trying, NASA finally bounced its first-ever laser beam off the lunar orbiter
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been bouncing lasers off the Moon sinc…
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A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars snapped a photo of the Perseverance rover in the crater below
NASA's satellite captured a photo of Perseverance exploring some of the oldest and perhaps most acc…
Lily Katzman
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NASA spacecraft captures unusual circles of sand dunes on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on t…
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China's ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars mission - involving an orbiter, lander, and rover - just reached the red planet
China is the sixth nation ever to reach Mars. It could soon become the third to successfully land a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA spotted a rock formation on Mars that looks just like a giant bear face
A volcano or mudslide likely caused the rock formation. It's the latest in a string of amusing imag…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA imagery reveals China's Mars rover hasn't moved in months as Chinese scientists scramble to save the mission
The rover — part of China's first interplanetary mission — went into hibernation in May 2022 and wa…
Chris Panella,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's InSight lander captured the 'bloop' sound of a meteor falling to Mars
NASA captured the sound of a meteor careening through Mars' atmosphere, splintering, and crashing. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA Orbiter Finds New Crater On Mars
NASA's powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the image of the new Martian crater.
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Ingenuity has done it again: NASA's Mars helicopter landed in a new spot it had never seen before
Ingenuity had never seen this new airfield before, but it landed safely anyway. The helicopter has …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Mars helicopter will attempt a perilous landing in unknown territory during its first 'bonus' flight this week
Ingenuity has embarked on a fresh mission to scout Martian terrain. Its next flight will take it to…
Aria Bendix
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NASA has captured an aerial shot of the Curiosity rover scaling Mont Mercou on Mars
A shot of Curiosity was captured on a terrene known as Mont Mercou, which sits on the northern frin…
Zahra Tayeb
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NASA's Perseverance rover has beamed back the first-ever photo of a Mars landing
NASA also has the rover's first color photos of the Martian surface, and an image from a spacecraft…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA issues new guidelines to protect the Moon and Mars from Earth's germs
"We are enabling our important goal of sustainable exploration of the Moon while simultaneou…
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There’s a Pac-Man-shaped crater on Mars
This isn’t the first time images from the surface of Mars have resembled icons familiar to humans…
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The moon is sprinkled with patches of frozen water, NASA scientists discovered. Mining it may be crucial for travel to Mars and beyond.
NASA may need to mine water from the moon to send astronauts into deep space. Two new studies indic…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists were wrong about discovering water on Mars
In 2015, scientists announced something incredible: They had strong evidence that there was liquid …