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Curiosity Finds Unusual Broad, Shallow Pits on Mount Sharp

Scientists have begun close-range imaging and chemical sampling to map the pits because their form does not match known erosion or impact processes.

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Astronomers Detect Escaping Helium That Indicates an Atmosphere on Nearby Super‑Earth LHS 1140 b

Viking 1 at 50 Reignites Mars Life Debate and Shapes Next Missions

Astronomers Detect Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable‑Zone Planet LHS 1140 b

Scientists Report Possible Helium‑Rich Upper Atmosphere on LHS 1140 b

Study Finds Strong Evidence That Rocky Exoplanet LHS 1140b Retains an Atmosphere

MOMA Chiral Test Validated and Meteorite Study Reveals Petroleum Contamination Risk

Nearby Super‑Earth Candidate GJ 3378 b Reclassified as Likely Rocky World

AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

Curiosity Shakes Free Stuck Martian Rock From Its Drill

Study Maps 153- and 226-Day Round-Trip Paths Between Earth and Mars

JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Jupiter-Like World

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organic Molecules Yet on Mars With First Wet-Chemistry Test

Perseverance Radar Reveals Ancient Buried Delta Beneath Jezero Crater

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

Study Ties Planetary Habitability to a Narrow Oxygen Window in Core Formation

Bennu Samples Show Amino Acids Likely Formed in Icy, Radioactive Environments

Study Finds Planetary Oxygen at Birth Controls Life-Critical Phosphorus and Nitrogen

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Candidate Found 146 Light-Years Away Around a K-Dwarf