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This Important Geophysical Robot on Mars May Die Soon
The InSight observatory has a seismometer and a heat probe, which have enabled it to gather data on rock layers below the planet’s soil
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The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2021
Thrilling discoveries, hurdles in the fight against Covid and advancements in space exploration defined the past year
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The Ambitious Idea to Study the Evolution of a Comet
Researchers want to send a spacecraft near Jupiter to join up with a chunk of rock and ice as it’s flung toward the sun
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Inside the Experiment to Create Mars on Earth
A hostile landscape. Cramped quarters. Dehydrated food. A photographer takes part in an attempt to live on another planet
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How Do Gorillas Get Heart Disease? And More Questions From Our Readers
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts
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Why the Tibetan Plateau Might Be the Ideal Spot for the Telescope of the Future
A team in China has identified a location that could give the Eastern Hemisphere its first major observatory
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Perseverance Kicks Off Elaborate Effort to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
The decade-long mission requires dozens of glass tubes, two rovers and three more rocket launches, including the first from another planet
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NASA’s Helicopter Ingenuity Will Attempt the First Flight on Mars
If the craft succeeds, it will provide crucial information for exploring the other planets by air
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Space agencies are launching new missions outfitted with revolutionary technologies, including the Perseverance rover, to learn more about the Red Planet
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What to Know Before You Watch Perseverance’s February 18 Landing on Mars
Experts describe how they plan to land the rover, what could go wrong and what they hope to learn
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A Fleet of Air Taxis Is Coming to Central Florida by 2025
For future trips from Orlando to Tampa, consider the high road
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We’re Better Equipped to Find Extraterrestrial Life Now Than Ever Before
Astronomers have more places to look for signs of intelligent life and more advanced tools to find it
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Astronomers Prepare a Mission Concept to Explore the Ice Giant Planets
NASA scientists imagined some innovative technologies that could enhance a future mission to Uranus or Neptune
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Interactive Map Shows All 21 Successful Moon Landings
Humans have walked on the moon six times, and robotic probes have been touching down on the lunar surface for decades—but there is still much to explore
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Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
A collection of stories to celebrate the semicentennial of the Apollo 11 mission
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The unforgettable, 99.9 percent perfect, December moon mission marked the end of a tumultuous year
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Behind the Scenes With the Spacecraft That Will Soar Through the Sun’s Atmosphere
The probe, which launches Sunday, will attempt to solve enduring mysteries about the sun
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