Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, scientists have been toying with the idea of forming potential colonies there (and more …
Mars: All About The Red Planet We May One Day Call Home
Mars is one of the most intensely studied planets in our solar system, but exploration has raised many questions: What exactly are Martian "blueberries" and what can humans do to prepare for life on the Red Planet?
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By Elon Musk's calculations, humans could be hurtling toward Mars in less than a decade. On Sept. 27, the SpaceX CEO announced the development of a …
After NASA's Opportunity Rover landed on Mars in 2004, the probe revealed a puzzling phenomenon — tiny spheres, or spherules, just one-eighth of an …
It's looking like Mars has a lake, and it's the first ever to be found on the planet. That finding comes courtesy of Italian researchers who dug …
Of all the discoveries made on Mars, the detection of methane blowing in the air is probably the most compelling. It's a mysterious finding that …
Mars has large deposits of near-pure water ice just beneath the surface at mid-latitudes, a discovery that could have huge implications for future …
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