Artist's impression of NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance, which will be launched July 30, 2020. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) (CN) — NASA officials updated the public on the rover Perseverance's mission to ...
An international team of planetary scientists has recently discovered patches of water frost atop the Tharsis volcanoes on ...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? – Henry, age 13, Somerville ...
Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off" patches of ...
ESA's Mars Express orbiter surveyed the vast Nili Fossae trenches, which formed following a massive impact billions of years ...
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Have you ever played hide-and-seek in a new place? It’s much harder than playing at home. You only know the obvious hiding spots: under the bed, in the closet, behind the couch. The trick is trying to ...
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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do astronomers look for signs of life ...