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Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
"To decide not to return them, or to put it off to an indefinite future time with human missions would be to take a major ...
NASA's Europa Clipper captures Mars in infrared
On its recent swing by Mars, NASA's Europa Clipper took the opportunity to capture infrared images of the Red Planet. The ...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Spotted a Northern Lights-Like Green Glow
A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with our Blue Marble.
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NASA's Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...
Northern lights on Mars? See first aurora photo from The Red Planet.
Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...
Jupiter's auroras put Earth's to shame. NASA's Webb just got a stunning look at them
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
NASA, in surprise shift, may launch rockets to Mars next year
NASA is considering launching rockets to Mars next year, a major shift in priorities that could boost the fortunes of Elon ...
Colorado teen designs spacesuit prototypes after joining NASA's simulated Mars mission
But one Colorado student is already reaching for the stars.Riley Nuttycombe, a senior at New Vista High School in Boulder, ...