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"Dust devils themselves are difficult to capture in images because they are so short-lived," Ingrid Daubar, a planetary ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the space company, housed in South Texas, aims to launch ...
The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $4.3 million.
NEW YORK CITY, NY — A bidder here on Earth will soon shell out a lot of green for a piece of the red planet as Sotheby’s puts ...
It's been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet -- but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...
Mars' opposition occurs about every two years and coincides with the planet's retrograde motion, which began on Dec. 7 and will end Feb. 23. Retrograde occurs when a planet appears to be moving ...
Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth ...
For centuries, Mars has captivated the human imagination. Its reddish appearance has earned it the nickname “The Red Planet,” but is it really as red as we’ve been led to believe? While Mars ...
UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...
Mars' missing atmosphere may be locked up in the planet's clay-rich surface, a new study by MIT geologists has suggested.. According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars' rocks ...