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Perseverance rover lands on Mars – Expert Reaction

Perseverance rover lands on Mars – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 February 2021

NASA has landed a car-sized rover on the red planet to search for signs of past life. The vehicle has […]

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Liquid water on Mars – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 29 September 2015

Salty streaks identified by an orbiting spacecraft could be the first solid evidence of liquid water – a key ingredient […]

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Curiosity rover landing, search for life on Mars – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 August 201207 August 2012

UPDATED: NASA’s latest Mars rover, Curiosity, is making its final approach to the Red Planet, due to touch down today […]

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Arsenic-eating bacteria expand scope of what life could be

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 December 201003 December 2010

NASA researchers have discovered a strain of bacteria in a lake in California that uses arsenic as one of its […]

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