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Marvel at Mars’ ancient landscape, captured by Curiosity
With its hills and distant mountains, the landscape seems somehow familiar yet at the same time eerily alien.
The striking image was captured just recently by NASA’s Curiosity rover...
Europa Clipper spacecraft snaps cool thermal images of Mars
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is currently on its long journey through the solar system, headed for Jupiter’s icy moon of Europa. There, it’s hoping to find whether Europa...
NASA astronaut is hoping for a smoother ride home than 22 years ago
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is just a couple of days away from returning to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after a seven-month stay at the International Space...
Curiosity rover finds tantalizing hints that Mars could once have been habitable
Despite its freezing temperatures, thin atmosphere, and lack of surface water today, scientists believe that Mars could once have been capable of supporting life. No one knows whether...
Mysterious colorful clouds drift through Mars’s sky in new Curiosity images
As the Curiosity rover explores its way around Mars, it isn’t only looking down at the martian rocks and regolith — it is also looking up at the...
NASA learns how the Ingenuity helicopter ended up crashing on Mars
Earlier this year, the NASA helicopter Ingenuity came to the end of its mission after an incredible 72 flights on Mars. The helicopter flew a remarkable 30 times...
