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In this picture taken on July 19, 2019 shows the NASA’s new robotic space explorer at their base at the Lambahraun lava field in Iceland where they are getting it ready for the next mission to Mars.                                                                                                    Image: Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP
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NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars

To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. With its black basalt sand, wind-swept dunes and craggy peaks, the Lambahraun lava…

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Microscopic beings from Earth known as tardigrades, which may have survived a crash landing on the lunar surface by Israel’s Beresheet probe in April 2019, are likely to be living on the moon.                                                                                                          Image: ©panbazil/shutterstock.com
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Microscopic, ‘indestructible’ tardigrades may be alive on the moon

There may be life on the moon after all: virtually indestructible beings that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food. These terrifying-sounding creatures aren’t…

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