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WATCH: Researchers capture world’s first video of atoms combining to form the tiniest water bubble ever recorded!
Scientists have filmed the smallest water bubble ever, measuring just 50 nanometers, using advanced…
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A device on NASA's Perseverance rover generated enough oxygen on Mars for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. Astronauts could be next.
Scientists hope to use the pilot technology to build out a more robust system that would produce en…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Jenny McG…
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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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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he plans to have a million people on Mars by 2050. Scientists say tha…
Maiya Focht
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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,Mariann…
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13 mummified mice in Mars-like environments atop 20,000-foot volcanoes have stumped scientists, who don't know why mice would climb to such harsh heights
The tops of 20,000-foot volcanoes were thought to be uninhabitable, until baffled scientists starte…
Kelsey Vlamis,Morgan McFall-J…
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Zapping a rodent's brain can put it into suspended animation. Scientists want to one day use the same technique for humans traveling to Mars.
Sending ultrasound signals into rodent brains puts them in a torpor, scientists found, prompting ho…
Marianne Guenot
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6 analog astronauts are camping out in the Israeli desert for a month to simulate life on Mars
The experiment in Israel is meant to help scientists learn how to avoid mistakes that could endange…
Aria Bendix
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UAE’s Hope probe spots Mars for the very first time on its maiden voyage through space
It’s been over a month since the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) maiden voyage into space, and it just …
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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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Scientists have detected oxygen on Mars - and it could reveal something fascinating about the planet's past
SOFIA, which flies between 37,000 and 45,000 feet above sea level, actually measured about half the…
Ali Sundermier
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Mars colonists will get blasted with radiation levels 8 times higher than government limits - here's what they're up against
More radical solutions for radiation have also been proposed. Christopher Mason, a geneticist and b…
Dave Mosher,Skye Gould
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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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What humans will look like on Mars
As exciting as it may sound, there is a potential downside to all of this. If, one day in the futur…
María Soledad González Romero…
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New documents reveal SpaceX's plans for launching Mars-rocket prototypes from South Texas
"SpaceX remains committed in its mission to colonize Mars. To achieve this mission, SpaceX is devel…
Dave Mosher
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Before we put people on Mars, we should infect the planet with Earthly microbes, a group of scientists says
Accordingly, all equipment and rockets sent into space are carefully sterilized before leaving Eart…
Aylin Woodward
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The Mars One plan is totally delusional
But one has to wonder how interesting a Mars colony reality TV show would be anyway. Presumably the…
Kelly Dickerson
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Jeff Bezos hinted that Elon Musk 'should go live on the top of Mount Everest for a year' if he wants to populate Mars
He added: "Everybody on this planet is going to want to be a first-world citizen using first-world …
Dave Mosher
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New findings reveal how Earth-like Mars once was
This finding also offers a new explanation of how a planet becomes oxygenated. Previously, an oxyge…
Sean Kane
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Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars with SpaceX but has yet to explain how people will survive there
"They were going to launch a payload, orbit Mars, and bring it back to Earth," he said. "For u…