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Recently observed flares near our galaxy’s supermassive heart could lead to revolutionary discoveries --

The weird linear grooves scoring the surface of the Mars moon Phobos were carved by boulders knocked loose by a giant impact, a new study suggests.

NASA's InSight spacecraft will perform a final maneuver less than 24 hours before its scheduled landing to slightly adjust the location of its landing site. SpaceNews.com

A landing site is selected for our next Mars rover, our InSight mission is in the home stretch of its journey to the Red Planet, and a week of celebration on the space station ... a few of the stories...

Mars is the second-most studied planet -- only behind our own -- but we know virtually nothing about its interior. That's about to change with NASA's InSight.

When InSight reaches Mars, it faces a formidable challenge, perhaps the most harrowing so far of its seven-month-long journey.

A tiny cubesat cruising through interplanetary space has captured a new glimpse of Mars, just before watching NASA's InSight lander touch down the Red Planet.

NASA's InSight Mars lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet tomorrow afternoon (Nov. 26), and mission team members and agency officials are understandably nervous about the make-or-break moment.

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