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Cell & Microbiology Oct 21, 2026

Beyond infections, bacteria reveal promise for making medicines and protecting crops

Bacteria get a bad reputation—with all the outbreaks, infections and deaths.

Space Exploration Oct 20, 2026

NASA experimental Mars helicopter blade designs target longer flights

NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly higher and farther while conducting science on the Red Planet. Using high-fidelity computer simulations ...

Social Sciences Oct 20, 2026

Marital breakups can also have long-term effects, and some are felt keenly in old age

Marital breakups have consequences that extend beyond the immediate end of cohabitation. Research from the University of Granada has found that these consequences can last for decades, eventually becoming a significant source ...

Planetary Sciences Oct 20, 2026

Giant canyon on Mars is still tectonically active today

Scientists at Columbia University and Imperial College London have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed.

Space Exploration Oct 20, 2026

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples.

Planetary Sciences Oct 19, 2026

Who speaks for Mars? Scientists call for ethical debate before terraforming begins

Transforming Mars into a more Earth-like world could irreversibly destroy scientific evidence about the planet's history and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. In an opinion article published in Eos, a team of Dutch, ...

Planetary Sciences Oct 19, 2026

Japan to launch world-first mission to moon of Mars

Japanese scientists will launch a spacecraft on Tuesday that aims to be the first to retrieve samples from one of Mars' moons, potentially helping unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.

Planetary Sciences Oct 19, 2026

Enigmatic Mercury will remain a puzzle until someone sends a lander

Mercury remains one of our solar system's most elusive and difficult planets to study. It's easier to send probes to the icy moons of Saturn or Jupiter, or even to Pluto, than to land on our innermost planet, Mercury.

Space Exploration Oct 18, 2026

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to the Martian region.

Space Exploration Oct 18, 2026

Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos

A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars's two small moons.

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