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Living in today's age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars , with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely to happen one day, it is ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...

During the month of June you will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter in the sky at different ...

Earth’s ionosphere sometimes experiences sharp, short-lived dips in its electron density—an unusual phenomenon known as a ...

A new study investigates the environmental factors affecting the occurrence and state of palsa mires, as well as the degradation of palsas. The study ...

Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will loop around Jupiter on a course that will carry it by Europa 49 times over four years ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...

Ever wonder how NASA captures stunning images from deep space probes? Interplanetary scientist John Spencer takes us behind ...

One study in the journal Nature found organic compounds of unexpected complexity exist throughout the Universe. Thus complex organic compounds are not the sole domain of life. They can be made ...

This fanciful yet scientifically guided tale describes a visit to the Moon, and is considered by many the first work of ...

NASA’s Solar System Exploration website notes these names, rooted in Latin, persisted due to historical inertia despite varied ancient names.