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From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.m. Eastern Time, with Mars slipping about 1.2 degrees beneath the moon's lower limb.

Submicron-scale detection of microbes and smectite from the interior of a Mars-analogue basalt sample by optical-photothermal infrared spectroscopy. International Journal of Astrobiology, 2025; 24 ...

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To ensure that the goal of returning Mars samples in the 2030s remains on track, NASA in April 2024 sought other options to the roughly $11 billion plan the agency had been pursuing.

MiraChartPH.png Sunday, January 12 Mars comes closest to Earth this morning at at 9 A.M. EST. At that time, the Red Planet will lie 59.7 million miles (96.1 million kilometers) away.

NASA scrapped its $11 billion plan to return samples from Mars to Earth by 2040. It now has not one but two new options to choose from — both are faster and cheaper.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if the cache can make it back in the 2030s.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hard at work on Mars, collecting pieces of rock and stowing them away on the Red Planet. But back on Earth, the space agency has been struggling to carry out ...

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