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Largest Martian rock on Earth heads to auction—could fetch ~$4M
The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set to be auctioned at ...
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Why NASA Covered Their Mars Lander in Dirt: The Ingenious Solution to Save the Mission
In a shocking turn of events, NASA found itself facing a major crisis with one of its multi-million dollar Mars landers. After two years of battling the harsh Martian environment, the spacecraft ...
New York to auction largest known piece of Mars on Earth
Named NWA 16788, this meteorite is believed to have been blasted off Mars by a colossal asteroid impact, hurtled 140 million ...
A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment
The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...
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A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the Sun is to blame
New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...
This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has long been a point of contention for the agency, but now someone might have a plan to ...