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Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims

June 17, 2019 | Article

The wispy, blue ice clouds of Mars are actually made of pulverized meteors, a new study claims.
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'Star Trek' Logo Spotted on Mars

June 14, 2019 | Article

It looks like Starfleet is literally embedded on the planet next door.
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This Strange Rock Formed on Mars Billions of Years Ago, Possibly from an Explosive Eruption

June 13, 2019 | Article

This is one of the most tangible pieces of evidence yet for the idea that explosive volcanism was more common on early Mars.
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Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration

June 11, 2019 | Article

NASA's still on track to send humans to the moon. But confusion doesn't help.
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Little Green Men? Nope, Extraterrestrial Life May Look More Like Pasta.

May 31, 2019 | Article

Noodle-looking rocks could be humanity's first hint that life once existed on far-flung planets.
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Space Mining Could Ruin Our Solar System If We Don't Establish Protected Places Now, Researchers Warn

May 14, 2019 | Article

If humans mine one-eighth of the solar system's extraterrestrial resources, we could be doomed.
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A Giant Hole in the Martian Atmosphere Is Venting All Its Water into Space

May 13, 2019 | Article

Why is Mars so dry? A new paper might have the explanation.
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Fire-Breathing Mountain Fueled by Mysterious Deep-Earth Methane Production

May 02, 2019 | Article

The Flames of Chimaera are fueled by an underground methane seep, but not the garden-variety kind.
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College Students Hatch Nuclear-Powered Magnetic Plan to Protect Marsonauts from Solar Radiation

April 16, 2019 | Article

A team of undergraduate students at Drake University in Iowa is developing a magnetic shield to defend interplanetary astronauts from the intense cosmic radiation between Earth and Mars.
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Scott Kelly's Year in Space May Have Aged Him — But He's Mostly Fine

April 11, 2019 | Article

How a year in space affected Scott Kelly's health.
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