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NASA Recruits Mars Perseverance Rover to Monitor Sun’s Activity

NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover will image the sun with its Mastcam-Z cameras, capturing crucial information about sunspots and other large features that can give clues to solar activity.

Mars just shocked NASA: Perseverance accidentally records first evidence of lightning on the red planet; Here’s what it means

NASA's Perseverance rover has accidentally detected lightning-like electrical discharges on Mars, a breakthrough in understanding the planet's climate. These tiny static shocks, caused by dust friction in the thin atmosphere,

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock was identified as a target of interest,” the space agency wrote in a recent blog post detailing the potentially intergalactic gravelstone.

Helping to grow plants in space for NASA missions to the moon and mars

Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, you're gazing out at a stark lunar landscape, Earth hanging like a precious blue marble in the inky sky.
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NASA renews commitment to Europe's life-hunting Mars rover despite Trump budget cuts

"These confirmations have been given to us in writing, so this is a very important step." BREMEN, Germany — NASA will help Europe get its long-delayed Mars life-hunting ExoMars rover off the ground, even though President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget cuts the collaboration in a drive to reduce spending on science.
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NASA edges closer to finding hints of ancient life on Mars

NASA’s latest Mars findings have pushed the search for ancient life from speculation into a disciplined, data-rich debate about what once happened in the planet’s vanished lakes and rivers. The Perseverance rover’s newest rock samples and chemical clues do not yet prove biology,

NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover: ESA

NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.

3I/ATLAS Lights Up Mars Sky As NASA Unlocks Clues to Its Origins

NASA has unveiled images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS taken during its close flyby of Mars in October, marking one of the rarest astronomical events in recent history. The comet, only the third interstellar object ever observed in our Solar System,
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