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NASA unveils strongest signs yet of ancient life on Mars

The strongest hints yet that Mars once hosted living microbes are no longer theoretical models or ambiguous chemistry. They ...
The Space Race on MSN

How NASA planned to colonize Mars nearly 80 years ago

Decades before modern rovers ever reached Mars, NASA scientists were already imagining permanent human colonies on the red ...

NASA faces a crucial choice on a Mars spacecraft—and it must decide soon

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Perseverance rover completes the first AI-planned drive on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and ...
cursus.edu

NASA confirms Mars discovery that forces scientists to rethink everything

Perseverance, the aptly named robot that has been criss-crossing the planet Mars since February 2021, has collected numerous samples along its 30 km route. Assigned to explore an ancient river delta ...
New York Post

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...
USA Today

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter. What to know about MAVEN mission

NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars for over a decade. The loss of signal occurred on Dec. 6 as the orbiter passed behind Mars from Earth's perspective. MAVEN ...