NASA rover detects electric discharges like 'mini-sonic booms' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
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Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

NASA taps UAB for $37 million contract for lunar, Mars missions

UAB’s School of Engineering has secured a NASA contract to support America’s return to the moon. The schools Engineering and ...
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Fresh from capturing image of 3I/ATLAS, NASA's MAVEN suffers anomaly and is no longer communicating with Earth

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter is no longer communicating with Earth, after an unknown ...
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NASA advances autonomous drones and rovers for Mars terrain challenges

Of all the technical foes that assailed Ingenuity over its 72 flights on Mars, few proved quite so vexing as the planet’s own ...
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NASA’s new Mars discovery intrigues scientists with the rock’s “sculpted” shape

A strange rock standing alone in the dusty expanse of Jezero Crater on Mars has captured the attention of planetary ...

Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...
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Mars hides forbidden areas even NASA must avoid, here's why

Mars might look like an open desert of rock and dust, but it is already carved up by invisible boundaries that even the most ...