Venus and Mars get close in the evening sky
Venus and Mars will make an attractive pairing in the evening sky over the next few days. Here is how to observe the spectacle.
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NASA orbiter captures Schiaparelli’s high-speed impact
A NASA spacecraft circling Mars has photographed wreckage of Europe’s Schiaparelli lander, confirming that it crashed on the Red Planet.
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Schiaparelli crashed on Mars – but ESA declare the mission a success
Europe’s latest Mars lander, the UK-backed Schiaparelli, crashed after its thrusters failed to fire for long enough to slow its descent, the mission team believe.
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Fears for Mars lander as sister ship successfully goes into orbit
There were fears for Mars lander Schiaparelli tonight after communication was lost a minute before it was due to touch down.
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Mars expert gives his view on chances of alien life on Red Planet
Europe will tomorrow make its first attempt to land on Mars since the UK’s ill-fated Beagle 2, with the latest mission to look for evidence of alien life on the Red Planet.
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Latest mission is set to arrive to seek life on Mars
A new mission to look for life on Mars will reach its climax this week when it attempts to land a probe on the planet’s surface.
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Quakes could boost chances of life on Mars
Seismic activity could release hydrogen gas that gives life on Mars the chance to exist, according to scientific research near fault lines on Earth.
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Beagle 2 scientists’ second chance with ExoMars
Beagle 2 scientists contributed to a European space probe ExoMars which launched today in a bid to find out whether there is life on Mars.
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Solar storms wrecked chances for life on Mars
Mars was once an Earthlike planet but was stripped of most of its atmosphere by violent storms on the Sun, NASA revealed today.
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Planets dance together in the morning sky
EARLY-RISERS will be treated to some spectacular alignments of the planets over the next few weeks as three worlds pirouette in the morning sky. Venus, Mars and Jupiter are all easy to find now before dawn, and Mercury will join them for a while in mid-October.
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NASA finds water on Mars again – this time it’s liquid
NASA announced last night that liquid water is still flowing on Mars. The “major science finding” promised by the space agency turned out to be confirmation that salty water is thought to have been detected running down slopes on the Red Planet.
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Moon and Venus make fine pairing in pre-dawn sky
The sky before dawn today offered a beautiful spectacle to early risers with a conjunction between the waning crescent Moon
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