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If life on Mars exists, it may be preserved in a frozen time capsule

If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet's icy surface.

Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Amazing View Of Protostar Explained By NASA

Travel to James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instrument views of protostar L1527. The protostar is about 100,000 ...
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NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Search For Life Outside Our Solar System

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory "will draw on technologies proven by the agency’s Hubble, Webb and upcoming Roman Space ...
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A NASA balloon launched an experiment despite government shutdown

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news ...
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WPI Researchers Send Experiment to Space Aboard Blue Origin Spacecraft

Heat-transfer technology from Jamal Yagoobi’s lab could effectively and non-mechanically cool electronics on spaceships and ...
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As shutdown continues, science community keeps focus on long-term budget concerns

As the government shutdown drags on, scientists and advocates remain focused on the long-term effects of proposed budget cuts at NASA and other agencies.

With 15,000 workers furloughed and funds uncertain, NASA focuses on one mission — return to the moon

The space agency has been grappling with budget uncertainties and a talent exodus even before the shutdown. But NASA’s moon ...