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Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'?

November 26, 2018 | Article

Are marsquakes the same as earthquakes?
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No, Mars InSight Won't Be Searching for Alien Life. Here's What It IS Looking For.

November 26, 2018 | Article

Is there life on Mars? Even if there is, InSight won't tell us.
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Mars InSight Photos: A Timeline to Landing on the Red Planet

November 26, 2018 | Countdown

The Mars lander has been making its way to the Red Planet since its launch on May 5, 2018. And on Nov. 26, the three-legged robot will make its final plunge, called 6 minutes of terror, onto the alien surface. There it will begin operations…
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Why NASA's Mars InSight Landing Zone Is a Big Weird Oval

November 26, 2018 | Article

It has everything to do with the tricky, daunting way the probe will punch through to the surface.
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Here's How to Watch the Insight Landing on Mars on Monday

November 25, 2018 | Article

In a few days, humanity will once again reach out and touch the surface of a foreign world.
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Get Ready for InSight Mars Landing's '6 Minutes of Terror'

November 24, 2018 | Article

When InSight lands on Mars, no one will see it in real time.
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No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

November 21, 2018 | Article

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.
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950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power.

November 21, 2018 | Article

Unlike other Martian cloud structures that seem to poof in and out of existence, this one has staying power.
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Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

November 14, 2018 | Article

Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.
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SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

November 04, 2018 | Article

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.
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