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Mars is Mostly Dead. There’s Still Magma Inside, so it’s Slightly Alive

Since February 2019, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander has been making the...

Scientists Piece Together the Shoreline of an Ancient Ocean on Mars

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once warm and wet in its ancient past. The Mars Ocean...

When Should Robots Take Risks Exploring Other Worlds?

On May 1st, 2009, after five years on the Martian surface, the Spirit rover got stuck in a patch...

The Spooky Science of How Undead Spores Reanimate

Here’s a spooky conundrum: Is a spore alive or dead? Gürol Süel, a biologist at the University of California,...

Would Mark Watney Have Survived in Real Life, and What This Can Teach Us About Sending Humans to Mars

We want to send humans to Mars eventually, and while this will be both a historic and exciting journey,...

InSight Felt the Ground Shake From a Meteorite Impact on Mars

The Mars InSight lander might be nearing the end of its life on the Red Planet, but its scientific...

Earth’s Hardiest Bacteria Could Survive Hundreds of Millions of Years Just Under the Surface of Mars

A few years from now, a small capsule will enter Earth’s atmosphere and float to the surface under a...

Clearing the Air on a Trip to Mars: the NASA Particle Partition Challenge!

In the coming decade, NASA and the China National Space Agency (CNSA) will send the first astronaut crews to...

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