A new photo shows Mars shining like a red star in the night sky, alongside the blue-tinged "Heart of the Lion" star, Regulus. Despite their drastic differences, the two objects currently look ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has found possible hints of ancient life on Mars ― one of the strongest signs yet of Martian life, according to planetary scientists. Dark-rimmed ‘leopard spots’ in a rock ...

Mars and Regulus currently appear very close to one another. This conjunction peaked on June 17, when the pair was less than one degree apart, which is equal to around 1.5 times the diameter of the ...

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You might be hearing about future plans to colonize Mars or establish a base on the moon, but these ideas are older than humankind's first forays out of the atmosphere. In fact there have been several ...