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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...
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Deep 'scratches' and craters on Mars tell the tale of a Red Planet ice age

New images from the Mars Express orbiter reveal evidence of a past ice age at Mars's mid-latitudes and shine light on the ...

25 years ago, a sci-fi flop set back the genre for over a decade

Red Planet and Mission to Mars lost a ton of money in the year 2000. Now we've caught up to their futuristic timelines.
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NASA's new Mars mission: These twin satellites could reveal how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere

Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...
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Red planet is crying — NASA captures shocking images of the planet disintegrating at record speed

NASA recently discovered that a red planet is helplessly crying out for help as it faces scorching heat that's causing it to ...
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UMass researchers help ID new mineral on Mars, providing insight on the Red Planet’s potential to have supported life

AMHERST, Mass. — Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of a team that has identified a unique mineral on Mars, described in Nature Communications. Named ferric ...
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Big Red Taking On the Red Planet: The History of Cornell’s Mars Exploration

For over 50 years, Cornell has made astronomical contributions in the ongoing efforts to explore and understand the mysterious inner workings of Earth’s rust-colored neighbor, Mars. In honor of these ...