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This is devastating news. The BBC is reporting that ExoMars — a joint program between NASA and the European Space Agency with Martian missions scheduled for 2016 and 2018 — is on the ropes, owing to America's budgetary woes. More »
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Who would ever imagine that sand dunes could look so incredible? In this beautiful image, sand trapped in an impact crater in the Red Planet's Moachis Terra region have been sculpted by the winds of Mars into a vast and variegated landscape. More »
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You're looking at a once-in-a-lifetime scientific discovery. A team of experts announced today that these fragments of space rock, discovered last month near Foumzgit, Morocco, are in fact meteorites from Mars. More »
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In August of 2012, NASA's biggest, baddest, and most scientifically capable rover ever, Curiosity, will touch down on the surface of Mars. More »
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Not only does the "Kuiper Belt object" Makemake have a terrific name, but it is also one of the first chunks of rock to earn the International Astronomical Union's new designation of planetoid or "plutoid" along with controversial "planet or not" Pluto. Most plutoids exist beyond the orbit of Neptune, and according to Charles Stross they will make perfect homes for the robots that will eventually take over our solar system. [USGS Astrogeology] More »
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