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If Life on Mars Ever Existed, This Bizarre Rock May Tell Us
The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...
An 18-year-old won $250,000 for discovering over a million objects in space. Some could help unravel one of the universe's biggest mysteries.
Matteo Paz built a machine-learning algorithm in high school to analyze heaps of data for NASA. He just won a $250,000 ...
Rocket Ready: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Set for Liftoff
NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for the Crew-10 mission, set to launch on March 14. A last-minute issue with ground support ...
SpaceX delays ISS mission meant to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore
Nasa has postponed the Nasa-SpaceX Crew-10 mission due to hydraulic system issues discovered before launch. This delay ...
NASA knows exactly where to look on Mars for signs of life
Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...
Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
This Ancient Galaxy’s Unexpected Chemistry Could Rewrite the Story of the Universe
Astronomers from the University of Arizona have uncovered astonishing details about a galaxy that existed when the universe ...
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Astonishing discovery of minerals on Mars hints at a habitable past
NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.
Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
Saturn solidifies its title as moon king with the discovery of 128 new moons
With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for ...
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NASA scientists in shock as rock on Mars spills small yellow treasure when the Curiosity rover drives over it
Mars just dropped a surprise golden nugget —literally. Curiosity accidentally cracked open an ordinary-looking rock, only to ...
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Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': Astronomers make galactic discovery
The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...