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NASA awards Lockheed Martin a contract to build a next-generation "Mars Ascent Vehicle" to return the first rock samples from Mars to Earth in the 2030s.
2022-02-8

As Mars lines up with Earth and the Sun, it is expected to shine at its biggest and brightest during the night.
2020-10-13

Scientists in a paper published to "Nature Astronomy" confirm the existence of four underground saltwater lakes spread out over 75000 sqkm near Mars' south pole. Depending on their salt content, these lakes could be potential holders of life.
2020-09-28

Japanese space probe "Hayabusa2" arrives at its target, 162173 Ryugu, an Apollo asteroid. It is planned to return material from the asteroid to Earth by the end of 2020.
2018-06-27

NASA astronomers use the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes in research implying that "hot Saturn" (high surface-atmosphere temperatures and gas giant-mass) exoplanet WASP-39b, located 700 light-years from Earth, has a large amount of water molecules in its atmosphere.
2018-03-1

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter finds the Beagle 2 spacecraft that disappeared in 2003 intact on the surface of Mars. An error had stopped the spacecraft's solar panels from working and communicating back to Earth.
2015-01-16

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures.
2013-01-19

NASA announces new plans to launch another Curiosity-like robotic science rover to Mars in 2020.
2012-12-4

NASA's "Curiosity" rover has detected several simple carbon-based organic compounds on Mars, but it remains unclear whether they were formed via Earthly contamination or whether they contain only elements indigenous to the planet.
2012-12-3

Scientists use a geoid model to illustrate the force of gravity on Earth from data from the Goce satellite.
2011-04-1