Feature Stories
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Jan 19, 2015Curiosity scientists have brought into question a recent report about potential trace fossils in Mars rover images. Astrobiology Magazine reached out to the team and study’s author for further comments.
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Jan 15, 2015Life's origins are a mystery to scientists, but every year they get a little bit closer to understanding what made it possible on Earth — and possibly, other planets or moons.
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Jan 12, 2015New research finds methane in rock that had been buried deep underground millions of years ago.
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Jan 8, 2015The discovery of ancient lake deposits in the driest part of the Saharan Desert confirms that the region was wetter in its past.
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Jan 5, 2015A new paper details the striking similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth.
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Jan 2, 2015NASA's Curiosity rover has made two of its most important observations on Mars thus far.
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Jan 1, 2015After a 10-year and 4-billion-mile journey, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft finally landed a robotic probe on a comet.
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Dec 31, 2014Curiosity wasn't the only robotic explorer making headlines this year at the red planet.
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Dec 30, 2014An explosive introduction to Europa’s potential for life.
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Dec 29, 2014New results from the Curiosity rover support theories that non-acidic water persisted in the Yellowknife Bay region on Mars.