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Japan tests its Mars moon sample-return probe ahead of 2026 launch (photo)

Japan is putting its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft through a series of tests ahead of its launch to Mars…

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Perseverance watches moonrise on Mars photo of the day for May 16, 2025

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, shining in the pre-dawn sky over the Red Planet…

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NASA’s Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait of Mars…

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Trump’s 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that’s a ‘major step back’

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater following its touchdown in February 2021. That car-sized…

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Hidden signs of liquid water ocean found deep below Mars’ surface

There might be a hidden ocean’s worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests. According to…

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Science news this week: Wave patterns on Mars and ‘free-range’ atom clouds

From dazzling Anglo-Saxon treasure to Earth’s constellation of “minimoons,” it’s been a busy week for science news. While our own…

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Do We Really Know Less about the Deep Sea Than the Moon or Mars?

What do we really know about the deep ocean? Whether Earth’s ocean is an ecological paradise teeming with wildlife or…

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Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet

For more than four years, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater, a site on…

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‘Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun’: Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars

Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its…

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Science news this week: A ‘skull’ on Mars and the discovery of a brand-new color

NASA scientists have discovered a mysterious structure on Mars that may offer new insights into the Red Planet’s watery past.…

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