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NASA Discovered Evidence of Life on Mars 40 Years Ago, Then Set It On Fire

July 12, 2018 | Article

The Viking landers that touched down on Martian soil in the 1970s may have set all the evidence for carbon-based life-forms on fire, a new study suggests.
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A Gorgeous 'Blue' Sand Dune Snakes Across Mars in This Awesome NASA Photo

June 28, 2018 | Article

A big sand dune blazes in an electric blue on the Red Planet in a gorgeous photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
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Future Astronauts Must Perform Surgery in Space — and It Will Be Gross

June 25, 2018 | Article

Microgravity makes everything harder … especially when bodily fluids are involved.
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Mars Will Soon 'Reverse Its Course' in the Sky

June 22, 2018 | Article

Mars continues to approach Earth as the Red Planet grows steadily brighter, but on June 28, it will halt its normal eastward motion among the stars and turn back toward the west — a strange change in its nightly wandering that befuddled ancient stargazers
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Mars Had a Seriously Crazy Volcanic Past, New Study of 'UFO' Rocks Reveals

June 22, 2018 | Article

Bizarre rock formation known as Medusae Fossae weren't created by UFOs crash-landing, but rather by massive volcanism on the Red Planet.
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Will Mars Rover Survive Fierce Dust Storm?

June 14, 2018 | Article

NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is weathering a monster dust storm that has plunged its environs into permanent darkness.
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There May Be Life on Mars, But This NASA Report Doesn't Prove It

June 07, 2018 | Article

NASA did find two more scraps of evidence about the kind of life that might exist on Mars. Here's what the new research really shows.
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Populating a Mars Base Will Be Dangerously Unsexy

May 29, 2018 | Article

For a permanent Mars base to survive, we might have to turn humans into Martians.
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Does Humanity Need a Backup Earth?

May 23, 2018 | Article

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a vision: He wants to get humans to Mars as soon as possible. Is that humanity's best option?
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Why Is NASA Looking for 'Marsquakes'?

May 03, 2018 | Article

Are marsquakes the same as earthquakes?
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