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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mars has an eerie green glow of oxygen and it could be the key to unlocking seasons on the Red Planet
Mars is the only planet in the universe, other than Earth, where astronomers have been able to spot…
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Space race heads to Mars — Four missions plan to explore Earth's closest neighbour in July this year
If the Earth were ever to become inhabitable, the contingency plan is to colonise our next-door nei…
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WHO's views on sweetener Aspartame may pit it against the food industry and regulators
Aspartame is used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum and some snapple…
ANI
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Experts say a crewed visit to Earth's 'sister' planet, Venus, should happen before a Mars mission
In a paper, Noam Izenberg said a flyby of the inhospitable Venus en-route to Mars could benefit a …
Cheryl Teh
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NASA will pay most of the $9 billion cost of bringing Martian dirt back to Earth
NASA's $2.7 billion Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February, and will bring back Martian soil…
Kevin Reilly
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After the Moon, Mars is getting laser-reflecting mirror to help future landings on the Red Planet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s brand-new Mars Perseverance Rover is currently …
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NASA’s Mars-bound spaceship is in 'safe mode' but the agency isn't too worried
The US space agency explains that ‘safe mode’ is when everything else except for the essential s…
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The Hope Probe is on its way to Mars — everything you need to know about the UAE’s first jump into interplanetary space
Mission Hope — or the Hope Probe — isn’t just the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first bout in interpl…
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Life detected on Mars might have actually originated in NASA labs, according to an Ivy League scientist
Microbes that may accidentally have been brought to the Red Planet could potentially wreak havoc, a…
Zahra Tayeb
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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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China's new Mars probe took its first photo of the red planet as the mission prepares to make history
Tianwen-1 is the first Mars mission with an orbiter, lander, and rover in one expedition. It's desi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Why United States NASA, China, and UAE are all going to Mars at the same time
In the past 13 years, only seven rockets sent missions to the red planet. So, why are so many attem…
Bob Hunt,Dave Mosher
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The success of NASA’s Mars helicopter exploring Martian skies depends on the final five inches
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is doing what no space agency has done bef…
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The first aircraft capable of flight on Mars finally makes contact with NASA after 2 months of radio silence
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter is the first-ever machine capable of powered and controlled flight on…
Katie Hawkinson
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The United Arab Emirates is launching the Arab world's first mission to Mars — here's how to watch
The Hope Probe is one of three spacecraft set to lift off for Mars this month. The UAE mission aims…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA added 6 HD video cameras to its next Mars rover so we can all watch the first footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet
The Perseverance rover will perform a descent to the surface that will require a heat shield, super…
Dave Mosher
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Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other big missions to look for this year
In 2021, we'll see nine meteor showers. Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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The United Arab Emirates launched a mission to Mars on Sunday. NASA and China are about to follow with their own rovers, an orbiter, and a helicopter.
NASA is planning to send its fifth rover to the red planet. China and the UAE have never been to Ma…