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Perseverance rover has found a rock with potential signs of ancient life on Mars! Scientists can’t wait to bring it back
The rock exhibits chemical signatures and structures that might have formed billions of years ago, …
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NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life
NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alie…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA has collected its first Mars sample. But it needs $4 billion, 10 years, and new technology to bring the rock to Earth.
The Perseverance rover kicked off its search for signs of ancient microbial Mars life. But to compl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover has finally drilled a sample of Mars rock, kicking off its search for alien microbes
NASA aims to collect dozens of samples from Mars' Jezero Crater in its search for evidence of ancie…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Perseverance rover captured images of its own litter, and it shows how Mars is becoming a junkyard
The Perseverance team took pictures of a thermal blanket used during its landing. Space junk is a g…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A NASA helicopter took photos of wreckage from a rover that landed on Mars. It's yet another example of how humans are polluting other worlds.
The 4-pound chopper, the first aircraft to take flight on another world, snapped pictures of the Pe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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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's Perseverance rover is making a 3-mile road trip across Mars to search for signs of life, dodging sand dunes as it goes
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will explore the Jezero Crater, collecting rock samples and searchin…
Kate Duffy
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NASA's Perseverance rover discovers organic chemicals on Mars
They found carbon-containing molecules not only in the interiors of abraded rocks that SHERLOC…
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2 stunning panoramas show life on Mars through the eyes and ears of NASA's Perseverance rover
A 360-degree video captures the sound of Mars' windy atmosphere. Another panorama gives a look at t…
Aria Bendix
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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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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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Perseverance spotted a mysterious object on Mars last month. It turned out to be the rover's own space litter.
NASA suspects spaghetti-like debris captured by Perseverance's cameras in July is shredded Dacron n…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA just unveiled a high-def, 360-degree panorama of Mars from the Perseverance rover. It's made from 142 photos.
The Perseverance rover wasted no time snapping photos on Mars. NASA scientists stitched together 14…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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TOUCHDOWN ON MARS: NASA's Perseverance rover has landed safely after a supersonic plunge
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has landed in Jezero Crater, beginning a new era of exploration on t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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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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3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars this month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim to learn.
NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is launching its $2.4 billion Perseverance Mars rover on Thursday. The nuclear-powered robot will test technologies astronauts need on the red planet.
The nuclear-powered rover will roam Mars' Jezero Crater, where some of the planet's oldest rock is …
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…