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A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

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Two millenniums before blastoff, astronomy belonged as much to the realms of art, philosophy and religion as it did to what ...