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NASA's ESCAPADE mission will send a pair of twin probes to Mars to study how the solar wind has stripped away the planet’s atmosphere, leaving behind the…
about 1 month ago
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As thousands leave the space agency, two ex-NASA workers give an inside account of how their office was abruptly shut down.
about 2 months ago
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In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
about 2 months ago
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A strange rock on Mars is different from anything we’ve seen before in the search for life.
about 2 months ago
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A roundup of key facts and surprising discoveries about the third known interstellar object.
2 months ago
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Interstellar interlopers like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS could be our best bet at exploring other stars.
3 months ago
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified a potential sign of past life on Mars — not a definitive detection, but perhaps the most compelling hint yet.
3 months ago
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Astrobiologists aren't just looking at other worlds to search for life; they're looking back to ancient Earth and considering alternate biochemistries.
3 months ago
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China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory and the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering have proposed an orbiter and lander mission to explore…
4 months ago
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What can an astronaut do on the Moon that a robot can’t?
5 months ago
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The newly proposed budget for NASA would shut down the spacecraft midflight.
5 months ago