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Stars lost to history

Star maps and charts are a mainstay of both amateur and professional sky observers. Whether it's on a simple seasonal map or ...
Image number 100,000, which was captured on Oct. 7, "shows mesas and dunes within Syrtis Major, a region about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Jezero Crater, which NASA's Perseverance rover is ...
On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red ...
The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet.
Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.
When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...
STARBASE, Texas — During a presentation, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk shared how he plans to use Starship to reach the planet Mars, and how in a few short years, there is a chance humans could ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover, now five years into its mission on Mars, has already traveled nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) ...
The exoplanet, dubbed PSR J2322-2650 b, has a helium-and-carbon atmosphere, something researchers say they've never seen ...