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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2026
Scientists have long recognized the resilience of fungi, but a new study demonstrates that certain strains may be capable of surviving every stage of a mission to Mars - from spacecraft assembly through the journey to the Martian surface. Researchers isolated fungal microbes from NASA cleanrooms, the controlled facilities used for the as...

Paris, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2026
Nine high school students from Austria, Greece, and Portugal have emerged from a specially designed habitat near Monsaraz, Portugal, marking the successful completion of EXPLORE-2, a six-day simulated Mars mission that placed young Europeans in the roles of analog astronauts. The students lived, worked, and explored as if they were on Mar...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2026
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The findings come from a chemical experiment performed for the first time on another world, revealing that the Martian surface can preserve the kinds of molecules tha...

Paris, France (AFP) April 21, 2026
A NASA rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted on another planet, scientists said Tuesday. The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed...

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2026
ESA's Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark volcanic ash creeping across the Martian surface in just decades, a rate of change that stands in stark contrast to the geological timescales that typically govern visible transformation on the Red Planet. A new image from Mars Express's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) shows a scene...