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We are deeply disturbed that the White House Office of Management and Budget is contemplating cutting NASA’s science budget ...

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Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. A new study from geologists at the University of ...