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Perseverance rover spots peculiar 'spider egg' rock on Mars — and scientists have no idea how it got there

On March 11, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious rock made of hundreds of tiny spheres that resemble spider eggs. Studying its formation could help us look for fossilized remains of microbial life on Mars.

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Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars. It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life

Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth at least, relatively complex, long-chain carbon molecules are involved…

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Explore Mars with an archive of NASA’s best-ever images in a new Taschen book

'Mars. Photographs from the NASA Archive' is a journey through six decades of discovery

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NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made

NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map of the cosmos ever made.

The Conversation

20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA's Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

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Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)

It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.

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10 amazing things we found on Mars in 2024, from hundreds of 'spiders' to a 'Martian dog'

From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this year.

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Coolest space missions coming in 2025

From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025.

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NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds

NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years.

Space

12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet

Scientists have been searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life for decades. So, where are all the aliens? Here are 12 intriguing theories ...

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NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for future ocean world missions (video)

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested prototypes of miniature, self-propelled robots designed to explore the hidden oceans of distant moons like Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.

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NASA releases stunning images from Mars rover as it searches for evidence life could have existed

NASA scientists are hoping to understand the history of where they found the rocks — and for evidence of ancient microbial life

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How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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NASA's Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds.

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Alien life could lurk on Mars beneath protective ice, study suggests

'Photosynthetic habitable zones' could exist beneath radiation-filtering ice on Mars, offering scientists another region in which to hunt for alien life.

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32 things on Mars that look like they shouldn't be there

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface. Here are some of the most baffling.

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NASA scientists solve mystery of curious 'spiders' on Mars

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recreated spider-like araneiform terrain, a geologic formation found on Mars, in a lab on Earth.

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10 weird water worlds in the solar system and beyond

Planetary scientists have been searching the cosmos for liquid water. Here are the most promising water worlds in the solar system and beyond.

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How NASA's Ingenuity helicopter opened the Mars skies to exploration

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter's flying days may be over, but its influence will be felt far into the future.

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32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens

From planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien life.

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NASA sets sights on a next-generation Mars helicopter to return Red Planet samples

Work is now underway to shape a new Mars helicopter design following the groundbreaking flights of NASA's robotic Ingenuity rotorcraft.

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The 10 most Earth-like exoplanets

Scientists have found more than 5,000 exoplanets since the first such world was confirmed orbiting a sunlike star in 1995. We explore the ones most similar to Earth.

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NASA's Spirit Rover: Everything you need to know

Spirit's explorations provided scientists with a remarkable glimpse into Mars' early and wet history.

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Spooky space: 12 haunting images of our cosmos

Here are some of the most spine-chilling space photos to scare your pants off this Halloween.

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