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Three new spacecraft are due to arrive at Mars this month, ending their seven-month journey through space.

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NASA’s next Mars rover is about to touch down! See Space.com’s complete coverage of the Feb. 18 landing of the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance.

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Both missions intend to search the planet for signs of life.

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What we’re looking for is evidence of past life, either direct chemical or organic signs in the composition and the chemistry of rocks, or textural evidence in the rock record.

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Scientists are finally figuring out how much dark matter — the almost imperceptible material said to tug on everything, yet emit no light — really weighs.

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A new Russian Progress cargo ship launched into orbit Sunday night (Feb. 14) to deliver cargo to the seven crew members on the International Space Station.