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Mars rover Opportunity breaks record for longest NASA drive off Earth

By Carl Franzen on May 17, 2013 06:04 pm + 10 comments

NASA's Curiosity rover has stolen much of the spotlight on Mars lately with its discoveries of o Continue reading…
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Oldest cache of water on Earth may give clues to early life forms

By Sam Byford on May 17, 2013 01:42 am + 55 comments

Deep below the surface of a small town in Ontario, Canada, scientists have discovered the oldest Continue reading…
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Star search: a non-profit group wants to send four people to Mars... forever

By Katie Drummond on April 23, 2013 10:30 am + 284 comments

A mere decade from now, humankind will be an interplanetary species. At least according to the Continue reading…
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Life, death, and Mars: The New Yorker's definitive account of the Curiosity rover

By Dante D'Orazio on April 17, 2013 03:20 pm + 1 comments

The Curiosity rover, NASA's most ambitious Mars mission to-date, has received plenty of attention Continue reading…
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Mars One will start recruiting volunteers in July for one-way trip to red planet

By Chris Welch on April 16, 2013 09:40 am + 106 comments

Mars One, the ambitious (some might say crazy) project that aims to make the red planet's Continue reading…
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Amateur space enthusiasts may have discovered missing Soviet Mars lander

By Amar Toor on April 13, 2013 12:52 pm + 37 comments

Photos captured from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may provide new clues about a Soviet Continue reading…
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Mars Curiosity rover back to active status after 'safe mode' standby

By Dieter Bohn on March 19, 2013 07:44 pm + 15 comments

NASA's Curiosity rover on mars is back in action after two days in "safe mode." It is still Continue reading…
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Elon Musk and Rainn Wilson discuss colonizing Mars, global warming, and the fear of failure

By Aaron Souppouris on March 19, 2013 07:26 am + 11 comments

PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX founder Elon Musk recently appeared on Metaphysical Milkshake, the Continue reading…
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Curiosity rover snaps panorama of massive Mars mountain

By Amar Toor on March 16, 2013 12:54 pm + 29 comments

NASA this week released new high-resolution panoramic images of Mars' Mount Sharp, captured by its M Continue reading…
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Is there life on Mars? Why the question still eludes us after years of discovery

By Carl Franzen on March 14, 2013 12:00 pm + 92 comments

"Is there life on Mars?" David Bowie crooned in the 1971 glam rock hit of the same name. Four years Continue reading…