En route to the Red Planet, Mars rover Curiosity has experienced the strongest solar radiation storm since 2005. No need to be alarmed: Researchers say it’s all part of Curiosity’s job as a ‘stunt double’ for human astronauts.
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In recent years, the number of known extrasolar planets (aka. exoplanets) has grown exponentially. To…
We've learned a tremendous amount about Mars because samples from the Red Planet have already…
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The total number of exoplanets discovered to date totals 5,288. Among them are a host…