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![A picture of the Perseverance rover on Mars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3suibnYTWZquM5WxywdSc-320-80.jpg)
Mars rover is spying on the sun's far side to hunt for hidden, dangerous sunspots
By Harry Baker published
NASA's Perseverance rover is perfectly positioned to snap pictures of massive sunspots that could spit out powerful solar storms before they become visible from Earth.
![An illustration of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FGQ2bbgtGoP6n9k6qofSsi-320-80.jpg)
'Building blocks of life' discovered on Mars in 10 different rock samples
By Charles Q. Choi published
NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear.
![view of mars from orbit showing reddish-brown sand dunes rippling across a rocky surface](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YgVriQbf7AF9Zu8R5rPZW-320-80.jpg)
Mars had an extreme climate shift 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds before its demise
By Keith Cooper published
China's presumed-dead Zhurong rover spotted telltale patterns of ancient climate change in the Martian dunes.
![NASA's Perseverance rover can be seen in the background, while rocks and red Martian soil take up the rest of the image.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PK9eUsAniUaAQu2QMsxYDA-320-80.jpg)
Mars helicopter Ingenuity phones home, breaking 63-day silence
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has phoned home after 63 days of silence, and all appears to be well with the little rotorcraft.
![The moon, with earthine, in conjunction with Jupiter and Venus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z5N7HXB4ed8ewcrfnSmWvR-320-80.jpg)
How to see the moon in conjunction with 5 planets this month
By Jamie Carter published
In early July, our natural satellite will appear close to Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.
![A woman with her back to the camera looks at the crescent moon and two planets through a telescope at sunset](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FNi8yEKLGkzuPoRzjJLhb4-320-80.jpg)
2 planets will align with the 'Earth-shining' moon on the summer solstice. Here's how to watch.
By Jamie Carter published
Astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere begins with the closest alignments of Mars, Venus and the 'Earth-shining' crescent moon until 2028.
![A robotic rover sits in the foreground on a rocky gray terrain with a half yellow and half blue sky in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7hf9o9iUr8Tymo875ir2AM-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Curiosity rover snaps extremely detailed 'postcard' of Martian landscape after waking up from a 'brain-boosting nap'
By Harry Baker published
The new panorama snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover combines photos from two different times of day to create a highly detailed image of the Red Planet.
![Several bright stars of the Beehive Cluster, a group of roughly 1,000 tight-knit stars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fHzidt6itS24u9fZMWfq6M-320-80.jpg)
How to watch Mars photobomb the buzzing Beehive Cluster of stars this week
By Jamie Carter published
Here's how to watch the Red Planet swoop across the Beehive Cluster — one of the closest star clusters to Earth — after sunset this week.
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