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Scientists found a small asteroid visitor near Earth, and it may be a chunk of the MoonA small space rock, 2024 PT5, is fascinating scientists with its Earth-like orbit. Researchers now suggest it might be a piece of the Moon....
Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...
Curiosity finds molecules needed for ancient life on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover has discovered over 20 organic molecules, including proto-DNA-like structures, in Mars' Gale Crater. This groundbrea...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a panoramic view of ancient Martian terrain, and the photograph may hold clues about Red Planet's hidden secretsNASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a breathtaking 360-degree natural-color panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on the rim...
NASA’s Rover Found a Lost River System Under Mars, And It Changes What We Know About Its PastNASA's Perseverance Rover has uncovered a hidden river delta on Mars. This discovery suggests Mars experienced multiple wet periods, not ju...
Geologists Find Strange Stone Tunnels That Could Point to a Never-Before-Seen Lifeform on EarthScientists found tiny, organized tunnels within desert rocks. These formations are unlike natural geological processes. Chemical traces sug...
What Happens When Deep Earth Life Stays Dormant for Thousands of YearsDeep subsurface microbes survive for millennia by entering suspended metabolism, drastically lowering energy needs and relying on chemical ...
Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...
NASA’s ‘Zebra Rock’ on Mars Is Turning Heads — Here’s Why Scientists Are So IntriguedMars's red landscape surprised scientists with a black-and-white striped rock. Dubbed 'zebra rock', it stands out in Jezero Crater. The str...
Mars Gullies Formed by Sand and CO2, Not WaterMars' strange gullies are not carved by water as once thought. New research shows sand and seasonal carbon dioxide ice are the main sculpto...
Did You Know: Mars isn’t actually round — here’s the surprising shape of the red planet!Did you know: While Mars may appear round, its true shape is subtly stretched and uneven, a product of its unique geological past and inter...
Human-tongue-shaped object found on Mars? ESA discovers horseshoe-shaped channel at Mars’ mountain three times taller than Everest and pinpoints ancient water flowNew images from ESA's Mars Express reveal Olympus Mons' colossal scale and intriguing features. Frozen lava tongues cascade down its slopes...
‘Dinosaur Eggs’ on Mars! NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds strange rock formations on red planetNASA's Curiosity rover finds unusual rocks on Mars. These rocks resemble fossilized eggs. The discovery occurred in The Boxworks region. Sc...
Did life already exist on Mars? NASA's rover unearths ancient clues of a habitable red planetNASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered siderite, a carbonate mineral, in Mars’ Gale Crater, offering strong evidence that the Red Planet onc...
NASA's Perseverance rover finds 'Silver Mountain' in Mars. Here's what we knowNASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named "Silver Mountain" from Mars' Jezero Crater, featuring unprecedented text...
Tremors on Mars may hold the key to decoding a 50-year mystery of its surfaceA recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters provides new insights into the Martian dichotomy, a striking geological difference...
Was there ever life on Mars? NASA may have found evidence, but retrieving it could cost $7.7 billionNASA has revealed two new strategies to bring back rock and dust samples from Mars collected by Perseverance rover. The aim is to return th...
NASA recreates Mars’ strange ‘Spiders’ in lab. Here's all about the mysteryNASA scientists have recreated mysterious Martian "spiders" in a lab, replicating the formations first observed by the Mars Orbiter. These ...
- 'Flowing' water on Mars may be sand and dust: Study
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Dark features earlier proposed as evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars may actually be granular flows, where ...
- Glaciers reveal Mars' climate has been recently active
The climate on the Red Planet has been much more dynamic than previously believed, suggests a study that could have implications for the li...