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Why Can't NASA's Curiosity Rover Rescue Opportunity?

February 14, 2019 | Article

NASA has another mobile robot on Mars. Why not launch a rescue mission?
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What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?

February 14, 2019 | Article

NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what?
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Mars Rover Opportunity Is Dead After Record-Breaking 15 Years on Red Planet

February 13, 2019 | Article

One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over.
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What's So Special About the Atacama Desert?

February 12, 2019 | Reference

Northern Chile's dry and desolate Atacama Desert hosts the world's largest array of astronomical observatories. Scientists have called the largely lifeless region Earth's closest analogue of Mars.
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Extreme Microbes Found in Crystals Buried 200 Feet Beneath the Sea of Japan

January 17, 2019 | Article

Living in extreme environments requires extreme solutions.
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Wine on Mars? The World's Oldest Wine-Making Country Wants to Make It Happen

January 14, 2019 | Article

Fancy some white wine on the Red Planet? Scientists in the Republic of Georgia are determined to grow grapes on Mars.
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Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?

December 16, 2018 | Article

To find life on Mars, scientists may need to "go deep."
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NASA's Insight Lander on Mars Spotted from Space

December 16, 2018 | Article

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the InSight lander, as well as the hardware that helped the stationary robot ace its Nov. 26 touchdown on the equatorial plain known as Elysium Planitia.
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Earth's Mysterious 'Deep Biosphere' Is Home to Millions of Undiscovered Species, Scientists Say

December 10, 2018 | Article

Should we search for life on other planets, or begin searching deep inside our own?
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Tiny 'Blueberries' on Mars Continue to Baffle Scientists

December 08, 2018 | Article

Snack-loving scientists working with the Opportunity mission on Mars dubbed tiny, iron-rich spheres scattered near the robot's landing site "blueberries," but these features were easier to name than to understand.
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