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China’s First Mars Rover Has Sent Back New Images of the Red Planet
After its historic touchdown on Mars last week, China’s Zhurong rover shares its view of the red planet.
2020 Has Been Bad for Earth, But Great for Mars
Emily Lakdawalla, a solar system expert and science author, explains what three Mars-bound spacecraft will do once they reach the red planet in February.
NASA's Plan to Turn the Moon Into a Telescope Looks Like the Death Star
A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon. Whoa.
Humanity Is Sending 3 New Rovers to Mars in 2020 to Look for Signs of Life
The space agencies of the US, Europe, Russia, and China are all launching rovers to Mars next year.
NASA Releases Opportunity Rover’s Final Panoramic View of Mars
Opportunity spent its final months building this panorama of its location, which is now its gravesite.
These Amazing Photos Show the First Rover Landing on an Asteroid
Hayabusa2 is the first mission to deploy mobile robots onto an asteroid.
Japan Just Became the First Country to Deploy Rovers on an Asteroid
The Hayabusa 2 mission is visiting an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth to collect samples. The mission profile involves a lot of robots, bullets, and explosives.
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Is Battling for Its Life in an Epic Martian Dust Storm
Opportunity has driven farther and lived longer than any interplanetary rover. But can it survive one of the most intense dust storms ever observed on Mars?
NASA's Adorable Pop-Up Rovers Are Designed to Explore Harsh Alien Terrains
PUFFERs can explore lava tubes, caves, crevasses, steep slopes, cliffs, and other hazardous areas on other worlds.
From Obsession to Apathy: Falling Out of Love With Blackburn Rovers
Once champions of England, Blackburn Rovers have fallen on hard times since their purchase by the deeply unpopular Venky's Group. An increasingly empty Ewood Park tells a sad story – fans of the club are gradually falling out of love with their team.
NASA Ran a Treasure Hunt for Robots to Develop Space Exploration Tech
Robots in the sample return challenge had to collect hidden rocks without human guidance.
China Plans to Send this Bad Boy to Mars in 2020
The 2020s are shaping up to be a busy and diverse era in Martian surface exploration.