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Life on Mars? This may be 'closest we’ve actually come to discovering ancient life,' scientists say

Chemical activity has been uncovered on Mars that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample ...

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, is the first dual-satellite mission to another planet. Two identical spacecraft will orbit in formation to ...