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NASA rover finds major surprise on Mars — and scientists are excited
A possible sign Mars once hosted life.
By Mark Kaufman
![The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02fGBROQWw5nwvOXx8lbXaf/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1722001423.png)
![The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02fGBROQWw5nwvOXx8lbXaf/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1722001423.png)
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
“It's exciting to actually see a planet there."
By Mark Kaufman
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03hCsGxPDPBSUYkaElQ9iKH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1721840269.jpg)
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03hCsGxPDPBSUYkaElQ9iKH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1721840269.jpg)
NASA rover finds place where 'exciting' events occurred on Mars
"This was not a quiet period on Mars."
By Mark Kaufman
![The dust-covered Curiosity rover exploring the Martian surface.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02hYKPDNHGCJ2YMXR4mLOtY/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1721335879.png)
![The dust-covered Curiosity rover exploring the Martian surface.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02hYKPDNHGCJ2YMXR4mLOtY/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1721335879.png)
Scientists discover fascinating tunnel on the moon
"We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg."
By Mark Kaufman
![A pit, leading to a cave, in the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the moon.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00F8nCawhlwYVUz0qaIi34A/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1721404152.png)
![A pit, leading to a cave, in the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the moon.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00F8nCawhlwYVUz0qaIi34A/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1721404152.png)
NASA reveals how it will plunge the space station into Earth's ocean
Deorbiting a football field-sized laboratory.
By Mark Kaufman
![The International Space Station as seen from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02aKYRhQVfGMWFqLYsOrcO5/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1721224136.jpg)
![The International Space Station as seen from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02aKYRhQVfGMWFqLYsOrcO5/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1721224136.jpg)
The first hip-hop song beamed into space? Congrats Missy Elliott.
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" just made it to Venus.
![Missy Elliott performs onstage during the Lovers & Friends music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/044SIM2ynesL0j4sCb8luoZ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1721127045.jpg)
![Missy Elliott performs onstage during the Lovers & Friends music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/044SIM2ynesL0j4sCb8luoZ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1721127045.jpg)
Webb might have found something the universe no longer makes
Astronomers are baffled.
![Depicting Webb telescope in space](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07wp9ZFqmBn1r5YWIVa1cKk/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719854469.jpg)
![Depicting Webb telescope in space](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07wp9ZFqmBn1r5YWIVa1cKk/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719854469.jpg)
A surprise in NASA's asteroid rocks hints Bennu came from an ocean world
Scientists didn't see this in the spacecraft's earlier data.
![asteroid Bennu](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04AYGalonl6DApO8l9bjGiE/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719503332.jpg)
![asteroid Bennu](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04AYGalonl6DApO8l9bjGiE/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719503332.jpg)
Mars gets walloped by space rocks way more than scientists thought
That's gonna leave a mark.
By Mark Kaufman
![NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of a fresh impact crater on Mars in 2013.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07dUBq8KpbzHCDpk1mckNPo/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719588639.png)
![NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of a fresh impact crater on Mars in 2013.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07dUBq8KpbzHCDpk1mckNPo/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719588639.png)
NASA craft snaps unprecedented photo of largest volcano in solar system
A Martian giant.
By Mark Kaufman
![An artist's conception of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey craft orbiting the Red Planet.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yR2acnYWgYQMbPxQjAZr7/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719513710.png)
![An artist's conception of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey craft orbiting the Red Planet.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yR2acnYWgYQMbPxQjAZr7/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719513710.png)
NASA's 3D tour of a famous cosmic masterpiece is exquisite
Fly through the Pillars of Creation.
![Viewing the Pillars of Creation in 3D](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0082R0SlJNQIMzZs8gvHCZ2/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719425519.jpg)
![Viewing the Pillars of Creation in 3D](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0082R0SlJNQIMzZs8gvHCZ2/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719425519.jpg)
Webb telescope makes discovery that was previously impossible
"No other telescope could have made this discovery."
By Mark Kaufman
![A spectacular view of galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space, billions of light-years away.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05KkyDT28OzYHAyKQILMTgM/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719247588.jpg)
![A spectacular view of galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space, billions of light-years away.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05KkyDT28OzYHAyKQILMTgM/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719247588.jpg)
This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now.
How to spot a "new star" in the sky.
![A white dwarf going nova](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713284191.jpg)
![A white dwarf going nova](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713284191.jpg)
NASA drills freaky scenario where elusive asteroid heads towards Earth
"A critical loss of time."
By Mark Kaufman
![The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01sTzXnT7Qh6Fs5lAI12mkm/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718917932.png)
![The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01sTzXnT7Qh6Fs5lAI12mkm/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718917932.png)
NASA rover drives through ancient Mars river, snaps stunning view
A Martian river roared here.
By Mark Kaufman
![The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/075v9Dg4FS20dc4NXcFwCy2/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718297309.png)
![The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/075v9Dg4FS20dc4NXcFwCy2/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718297309.png)
NASA rover discovers mysterious Mars boulder unlike any others
Could this be a sample of Mars' original crust?
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718301086.jpg)
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718301086.jpg)
The strange new worlds scientists have discovered this year
These aren't like planet Earth.
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718124676.jpg)
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718124676.jpg)
NASA rover gets blasted by solar storm on Mars, captures footage
Mars isn't protected.
By Mark Kaufman
![The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01RUh2b9Jh17dKCEZWnyN35/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718052731.jpg)
![The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01RUh2b9Jh17dKCEZWnyN35/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718052731.jpg)
NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb
It's both "exciting" and "extraordinarily difficult."
By Mark Kaufman
![An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00Lf9rPoPN98P5eA37LPKU4/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717625287.jpg)
![An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00Lf9rPoPN98P5eA37LPKU4/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717625287.jpg)
NASA astronauts blast off in tense launch on Boeing spacecraft
Starliner successfully reached space.
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717599672.png)
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717599672.png)
China just landed on the moon. And it released footage.
It's a 21st-century space race.
By Mark Kaufman
![A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07IOUbGkPCKQTLoyU1CHHHF/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717436523.png)
![A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07IOUbGkPCKQTLoyU1CHHHF/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717436523.png)