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NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars 0
- Goddard Space Flight Center, Mars, MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), SCIENCE, The Solar System
- May 18, 2026
In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified a phenomenon known to occur in Earth’s magnetosphere, where charged particles are squeezed like toothpaste
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Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock 0
- Mars, SCIENCE
- May 15, 2026
After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and vibrating the drill to try and get the rock loose. When it finally detached on May 1,
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Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie 0
- Mars, SCIENCE
- May 12, 2026
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on a rocky outcrop in the foreground after creating a circular abrasion patch, with the western rim of
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For 6 days, NASA’s Mars rover battled a rock 0
- Engineering, Mars, NASA, SCIENCE, Solar System, Space, Technology
- May 7, 2026
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Curiosity got itself stuck between a rock and hard place last month, but NASA says there’s no reason to fret about the intrepid Mars rover. On April 25, mission engineers were remotely piloting its robotic arm’s rotary-percussive drill into
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