NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has caught the first image of asteroids taken from the surface of Mars on April 20,…
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When large asteroids or comets strike the Earth -- as they have countless times throughout our planet's history -- the energy…
First of all, I completely stole this headline from NASA engineer Bobak Ferdowski (AKA The Mohawk Guy) on Twitter. Second,…
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalist: Morgan Rehnberg(cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) (more…)
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Thanks to everyone who has emailed, Tweeted and texted me about the "artificial bright light" seen on Mars. And I'm…
Curiosity maneuvers into ‘Kimbeley’ and scans scientifically intriguing Martian rock outcrops in search of next drilling location exhibiting several shallow…