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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...
At CU Boulder, federal funding also supports research projects like the Dust Accelerator Laboratory that helps us understand ...
As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions.
An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...
The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...
If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial ...
One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...
Was Mars ever habitable by living creatures? That’s a question NASA’s Curiosity rover has been trying to determine for years. Recently, according to new evidence gathered in the Gale Crater ...
NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its first images of web-like "boxwork" features on the surface of Mars. The zig-zagging rocks could provide clues about the Red Planet's watery past and whether ...
Spectral observations, infrared and ultraviolet images, and the broader array of the electromagnetic spectrum are assisting scientists in investigate Mars' appearance, history, composition and ...