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"Until we can separate these signals more clearly, we have to be especially careful not to misinterpret them as signs of life ...
The team studying these sounds found that Mars' thin air, composed mostly of carbon dioxide, makes sound waves behave differently. On Earth, sound travels at roughly 767 mph. On Mars, deeper pitches ...
Auroras have been detected on Mars before. However, unlike in this artist's illustration, they do not normally emit visible light. | Credit: Emirates Mars Mission NASA's Perseverance rover has ...
Researchers studying archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan mission have uncovered compelling signs that tectonic activity could still be shaping the surface of Venus today. The findings, published ...
In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...
Nichole "Vapor" Ayers shared a fascinating video of the northern lights on X that unexpectedly formed while she was filming from space in May 2025.
On Saturday evening, a mysterious streak of bright light in the night sky caught the attention of some local residents as it ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image offers us the chance to see a distant galaxy now some 19.5 billion light-years ...
A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared ...
NASA has shared the first closeup images of the Donaldjohanson asteroid, captured by its Lucy spacecraft on a recent flyby around 139 million miles (223 million km) from Earth.
NASA's Perseverance rover has observed an aurora on Mars in visible light for the first time, with the sky glowing softly in green in the first viewing of an aurora from any planetary surface other ...
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