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Along with other recent discoveries, the new finding from Perseverance boosts the case that Mars once hosted conditions that could support living things—but it isn’t a definitive sign of ancient organ
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Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.
"I Just Might" by Bruno Mars now stands alone as the fifth-longest-running No. 1 of all time on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart with 23 weeks ruling the roster.
Researchers from the University of Oxford have uncovered evidence that Mars once hosted enormous, Earth-like magmatic systems deep beneath its surface—despite the planet lacking the plate tectonics long thought necessary for this kind of geological complexity.
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Mars orbiter watches Perseverance cross the finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29, 2026
On June 14, 2026, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completed a marathon, or 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) as a spacecraft watched from orbit.
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July 2026: What's in the sky this month? Venus and Jupiter are visible in the evening, plus a conjunction of Mars and Uranus before dawn
Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops out of sight. In the morning sky there's lots of planetary action: Saturn rises earlier now,
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DLR’s Moon-Mars test site advances planetary robotics
On 26 September 2023, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) inaugurated its Moon-Mars Test Site at the Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) in Oberpfaffenhofen. Designed to replicate the geological and environmental conditions of extraterrestrial landscapes,
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NASA's Perseverance rover spots Mars helicopter Ingenuity that flew for the 72nd and final flight
The NASA Perseverance rover's left Mastcam-Z camera captured an image of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The little Red Planet chopper flew for the 72nd and final time after sustaining damage to its rotor blades.
