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OPINION November 28, 2018

What NASA's Mars InSight Lander reveals about us

Like many others, I cheered as NASA鈥檚 InSight spacecraft landed gingerly onto the Martian surface after its six-months-long, fingernail-biting journey across space.聽On numerous radio interviews this week, however, I鈥檝e been asked, 鈥淲hy do we spend millions of dollars to explore a desolate rock more than thirty million miles away? Why in the world do we even care about it, given our truly serious problems here on Earth?鈥�

NASA November 27, 2018

Mars InSight Lander shows off first image from Mars

NASA's Mars InSight Lander touched down on the Martian surface Monday and wasted no time in getting the first breathtakingly clear聽picture back to Earth.

Mars November 27, 2018

NASA鈥檚 InSight beams back breathtakingly clear photo of Mars

NASA鈥檚 spacecraft that landed on Mars Monday has beamed back its first clear photo of the desolate Red Planet.

Mars November 27, 2018

70 percent chance Elon Musk is moving to Mars

Elon Musk may not be around for much longer as he intends to travel to Mars, a journey he thinks will most likely be a one way trip.

Mars November 26, 2018

As NASA celebrates Mars landing, a busy future awaits, agency's chief says

It's a busy time for NASA, and as the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) celebrated the successful touchdown of its InSight Mars lander today (Nov.

Mars November 26, 2018

NASA鈥檚 Insight Mars Lander arrives on the Red Planet, ends successful journey

NASA announced that its Mars InSight lander landed successfully on the surface of the Red Planet, ending a journey that lasted six months and more than 300 million miles.

Mars November 26, 2018

Elon Musk says 鈥�70 percent chance鈥� he鈥檒l move to Mars 鈥� but gives huge warning about life in space

Elon Musk says there's a 70 percent chance he's going to move to Mars.

Mars November 26, 2018

How the Mars moon Phobos got its grooves

The weird linear grooves scoring the surface of the Mars moon Phobos were likely carved by boulders knocked loose by a giant impact, a new study suggests.

NASA November 26, 2018

Here's what Mars looks like now to a tiny cubesat chasing NASA's InSight lander

Here's what Mars looks like now to a tiny cubesat chasing NASA's InSight lander

NASA November 23, 2018

NASA鈥檚 InSight Mars Lander set for historic touch down on the Red Planet

NASA鈥檚 InSight Lander is set to touch down on Mars Monday, becoming the space agency鈥檚 first probe to reach the Red Planet in six years.

SCIENCE November 22, 2018

Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander

A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA's InSight spacecraft all the way to Mars face their biggest test yet.