Mars
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World
Thermonuclear Blasts and New Species: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Colonize Mars
For more than two decades, Elon Musk has focused SpaceX, his rocket company, on his lifelong goal of reaching Mars.…
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US
Mars Got Cooked During a Recent Solar Storm
Days after light shows filled Earth’s skies with wonder, the red planet was hit by another powerful outburst of the…
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Magazine
Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars?
Alyssa Shannon was on her morning commute from Oakland to Sacramento, where she worked as an advanced-practice nurse at the…
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US
A Radioactive Sea of Magma Hides Under the Surface of Mars
The discovery helped to show why the red planet’s core is not as large as earlier estimates had suggested it…
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US
Maybe in Your Lifetime, People Will Live on the Moon and Then Mars
The moon is a magnet, and it is pulling us back. Half a century ago, the astronauts of Apollo 17…
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US
Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter
The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the red planet.
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US
NASA Concludes InSight, Mars Mission That Listened for Quakes
After four years of making important discoveries about the interior of the red planet, the stationary lander lost power because…