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As the Mars Lander continues to scoop up soil for analysis, it has taken its very first microscopic image of a single piece of Martian dust.  read more »

What's in a Web mail address? If you happen to be iamthegreatest@gmail.com, for example, will people think you a narcissist? And if they do, will they be right?  read more »

NASA scientists, hoping to quell a growing number of rumors, say it's way to early to say exactly what they've found in the Martian soil.  read more »

New test results coming in from the Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that Martian soil may not be so akin to Earth's after all.  read more »

Toyota demonstrated on Friday a Segway-like personal transportation device called the Winglet that is partly based on robotics technology from Sony.  read more »

Just as NASA announced the extension of the Phoenix Mars mission by five weeks, its scientists disclosed that they finally got the first Martian ice sample into one of the analysis ovens onboard the Lander.  read more »

University researchers have developed a high-resolution microscope that is small enough to sit on a computer chip.  read more »

After hitting a snag in their attempts to analyze Martian ice, NASA scientists are expanding their scope to test dry soil.  read more »

For thousands or even millions of years, rivers, lakes and deltas coursed across the surface of Mars, according to data sent from the planet over the past few weeks.  read more »

The robotic arm on the Mars Lander found itself in a tough position over the weekend.  read more »