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Northern lights on Mars? See first aurora photo from The Red Planet.
Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...
NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye
NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future ...
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'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars
Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint ...
Elon Musk wants SpaceX to target Mars because 'life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun'
Musk said in an interview this week with Fox News host Jesse Watters that his focus on Mars has to do with ensuring ...
Jupiter's auroras put Earth's to shame. NASA's Webb just got a stunning look at them
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...
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Martian landforms look just like Earth’s—And that’s a big deal
Mars may be dry, dusty, and far from hospitable today, but new research suggests it once shared more in common with Earth ...
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Mars surface patterns resemble Earth, revealing secrets of its past
Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously thought. In a new study, researchers at the University of Rochester ...
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Musk Outlines The Questionable Reason He Wants To Get To Mars So Badly, NASA Astronaut Responds
"One of the benefits of Mars is life insurance for life collectively," Musk said in an interview with Fox News. "So ...
Elon Musk shares vision of Mars as 'life insurance' for humanity: 'Multi-planet civilization'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shares his vision for life on Mars in an exclusive interview on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' ...
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Perils beyond Earth: Navigating the five dangers of a mission to Mars
From cosmic radiation to crushing isolation, the journey to Mars presents a web of interlinked dangers. NASA’s Human Research ...
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Ancient Mars may have had a carbon cycle − a new study suggests the red planet may have once been warmer, wetter and more favorable for life
Elisabeth M. Hausrath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (THE CONVERSATION) Mars, one of our closest planetary neighbors, has fascinated people for hundreds of years, partly because it is so similar to ...