The rocks, discovered by NASA's Curiosity rover, are unusually rich in manganese oxide — a chemical that adds to growing ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.
Ask which planet in the solar system is Earth's closest sibling, and many people might point to Mars. It orbits nearby, just ...
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NASA is preparing to launch its latest climate science mission, the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment ...
A new study published in the science journal PLoS ONE suggests that the ancient farming technique of intercropping could help ...
After the spectacular success of the first-ever “Marscopter,” mission planners have soaring ambitions for follow-up flying ...
An ion might be to blame for an almost dry and devoid-of-water Venus. The planet, the second from the sun, is the hottest in the solar system. Its thick atmosphere holds in so much heat, and the ...
Earth is the only life-supporting planet we know of, so it's tempting to use it as a standard in the search for life ...
In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in ...