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Mysterious, out-of-place 'Skull' rock on Mars leaves scientists baffled
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin.
Life on Mars could survive — so long as you're one of these strange, hybrid lifeforms
Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.
See Venus at its 'greatest brilliancy' this week — or wait until Sept. 2026
Early on April 24, Venus will be at its brightest in the morning sky — just 67 days after it was at its brightest in the evening sky. Here's why.
Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rock
NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced by biological processes.
NASA rover reveals signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars
Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the planet.
Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet k2-18b
Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most promising sign yet of alien life.
Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible time
A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.
Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth
"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure without needing to consider multiple collisions or extremely rare conditions."
