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House Panel Rebukes NASA’s 2027 Budget as Isaacman Defends Deep Science Cuts

The clash signals Congress may again rewrite the plan after rejecting similar reductions last year.

Curiosity Uncovers 21 Organic Molecules in Ancient Martian Rock, Seven Firsts for Mars

Mars Orbiter Finds Dark Volcanic Ash Spreading Across Utopia Planitia

Perseverance Finds Record Nickel in Mars Bedrock That Bolsters Case for Ancient Habitability

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

New Model Shows Salty Europa Ice Could Sink, Ferrying Nutrients to Its Hidden Ocean

High-Resolution Mars Mapping Points to Arctic-Sized Ocean 3 Billion Years Ago

First Global Map Identifies 16 Mega Drainage Basins on Ancient Mars

Microsecond X-Rays Reveal Ice XXI, a New High-Pressure Form of Ice

New Australian Glass Beads Reveal Asteroid Impact From 11 Million Years Ago

Study Shows Dry Ice Blocks Carve Mars' Sinuous Dune Gullies

Scientists Identify Ice XXI, a Metastable High-Density Phase of Water

Ferric Hydroxysulfate Identified on Mars, Hinting at Amazonian Geothermal and Volcanic Activity

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

Volcanic Sulfur May Explain a Warmer Early Mars, Peer-Reviewed Study Says

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignatures in Ancient Martian Mudstone

Ionic Liquids Could Extend Habitable Zones to Waterless Worlds, MIT Study Finds

Ionic Liquids Emerge as Candidate Habitats on Water-Scarce Worlds