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Curiosity Finds More Than 20 Organic Molecules in Ancient Martian Clays

Scientists say only returned samples can show whether the organics came from life or nonliving chemistry.

Mars Study Maps Broad Coastal Shelf, Bolstering Case for Ancient Northern Ocean

First Subsurface Lava Tube Detected on Venus in Reprocessed Magellan Radar

Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

NASA Study of Apollo Moon Soil Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Perseverance Cleared for Years More Mars Driving With New Push Toward 'Lac de Charmes'

Study Shows Dry Ice Blocks Carve Mars' Sinuous Dune Gullies

Nature Study Confirms Solid Inner Core on Mars

Venus Found to Exhibit Active Tectonic Processes Around Coronae

NASA Explores New Plans for Mars Sample Return Mission

New Observations Suggest TRAPPIST-1 b May Have an Atmosphere or Active Geology

Lafayette Meteorite Reveals Mars Had Liquid Water 742 Million Years Ago

New Study Reveals Unexpected Geological Link Between Venus and Early Earth