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This wild bioplastic made of algae just aced a Mars pressure test. Can astronauts use it to build on the Red Planet?
Scientists have grown algae in bioplastic habitats under Mars-like conditions, a step that could bring long-term space ...
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Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can guide future Red Planet missions
"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...
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Mesmerizing images of Mars: a glimpse into the Red Planet
Take a journey to the Red Planet through these mesmerizing images of Mars. From its towering volcanoes and massive canyons to ...
A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M.
A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling ...
Next pandemic 'worse than Covid' will arrive within years - and it will come from MARS
Astrobiologist Barry DiGregorio fears astronauts on Mars could die "live on air" after being exposed to deadly alien ...
How to detect magnetic fields around exoplanets
Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...
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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline
Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...
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Scientists Saddened as World's Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction
A rock from Mars that travelled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet's door step ...
Astronomers capture the birth of planets outside our solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...
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If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, they would have needed umbrellas
"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now." ...
Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected
The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...