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NASA’s Perseverance Snaps Rare, Eerie View of Mars’ Tiny Moon Before Sunrise
A ghostly Martian moonrise, starlit skies, and a mission chasing life’s traces—Perseverance captures more than just images.
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Perseverance rover rolls into 'Crocodile' region on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks
"The Krokodillen rocks formed before Jezero Crater was created, during Mars' earliest geologic period, the Noachian, and are ...
NASA’s Mars Streak Mystery Might Finally Be Solved – And It’s Not Great News
A sweeping machine learning study scanning over 86,000 high-res Mars images reveals that the mysterious streaks seen on Martian slopes are likely dry dust slides, not evidence of flowing water as ...
Streaked slopes on Mars probably not signs of water flow, study finds
Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they’re ...
Scientists reveal research that could change theories about life on Mars
The study proposes that fine dust particles from the Martian atmosphere settle on sloped terrain. Events like wind gusts, ...
Major theory about potential for life on Mars called into question by researchers
The study proposes that fine dust particles from the Martian atmosphere settle on sloped terrain. Events like wind gusts, ...
Trump’s budget cuts could halt decades of progress in space science
On April 25, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced a plan that would slash NASA’s science program ...
Potential for life on Mars called into question by new theory
Water is considered an essential ingredient for life. Mars billions of years ago was wetter and warmer than it is today. The ...
A NASA Mars rover looked up at a moody sky. What it saw wasn't a star.
Though little is known about Deimos, another European spacecraft recently captured unprecedented views of the moon's far side ...