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Results of BIOMEX, the Biology and Mars Experiment on the ISS
Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists.
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Scientists find likely source of methane on Mars
The mystery of methane on Mars may finally be solved as scientists Monday confirmed the presence of the life-indicating gas on the Red Planet as well as where it might have come from.
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Mars Express matches methane spike measured by Curiosity
A reanalysis of data collected by ESA's Mars Express during the first 20 months of NASA's Curiosity mission found one case of correlated methane detection, the first time an in-situ measurement has been independently confirmed from orbit.
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New evidence of deep groundwater on Mars
In mid-2018, researchers supported by the Italian Space Agency detected the presence of a deep-water lake on Mars under its south polar ice caps.
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests
Since the Wright brothers first took to the skies of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Dec.
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Rivers raged on Mars late into its history
Long ago on Mars, water carved deep riverbeds into the planet's surface - but we still don't know what kind of weather fed them.
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Evidence of deep groundwater on Mars detailed in new study
Mars may still host active groundwater deep beneath its surface, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California.
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Mars calling
An exciting new competition is giving citizens of planet Earth the opportunity to get their voices to Mars in the next phase of the ExoMars programme.
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Laser blasts show asteroid bombardment, hydrogen make great recipe for life on Mars
A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen.
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Google and Haughton-Mars Project Partner on Moon-Mars Exploration Prep
The Mars Institute and the SETI Institute are announcing a new partnership between Google and the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) to advance Mars exploration at one of the most otherworldly places on Earth: Devon Island, in the high arctic.
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ExoMars landing platform arrives in Europe with a name
The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing - and been given a name.
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is put to the test
In a little more than seven minutes in the early afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 rover will execute about 27,000 actions and calculations as it speeds through the hazardous transition from the edge of space to Mars' Jezero Crater.
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Drone maps icy lava tube to prepare for cave exploration on Moon and Mars
The SETI Institute and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. are announcing the successful mapping in 3D of the interior of an ice-rich lava tube in Iceland using a LiDAR-equipped drone.
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Trembling Aspen Leaves Could Save Future Mars Rovers
Researchers at the University of Warwick have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that…
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Rehearsing for the Mars landings in Hawaii and Idaho
Imagine astronauts on Mars, tasked with picking rock samples that will be used by scientists to search for signs of life.
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Bernese Mars Camera CaSSIS Returns Spectacular Images
Three years ago, on 14 March 2016, the Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS started its journey to Mars with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft.