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Mars atmosphere composition . According to ESA, Mars' atmosphere is composed of 95.32% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon and 0.13% oxygen.The atmospheric pressure at the surface is 6.35 ...

The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set to be auctioned at ...

Southwest Research Institute has delivered the novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument for final integration into NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) ...

“Our results have opened up a new perspective,” says Andreas Stracke, “because we will now have to reassess the composition of the largest part of the Earth – after all, Earth’s mantle ...

Surprisingly, the composition of the Earth and the Moon are very similar (no, the Moon is not made out of cheese), raising a major challenge to the “giant impact” origin of the Moon.

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...