NASA's Curiosity rover captures image of Mars resembling sunset on Earth

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on Earth. Take a look.
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Mars and Venus buzz the Beehive | Space photo of the day for January 9, 2026

Mars (seen in the upper track) and Venus (lower track) appear to "cross" the open star cluster Messier 44 — better known as Praesepe or the Beehive Cluster— creating two bright, dotted paths against a dense swarm of starlight in this composite time-lapse photo.
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NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples already collected on the red planet.

Bruno Mars Sees His Star-Making Singles Return As His New Era Begins

As Bruno Mars releases his new single "I Just Might," some of his biggest hits, like "That's What I Like" and "Locked Out of Heaven" return to Billboard's global charts.

NASA Gives Update On The Perseverance Rover's Future After 5 Years On Mars

After five years on Mars, NASA confirmed Perseverance remains fully operational, with enough durability to support an extended science mission.

Mars Isn’t Just Red – It’s Electrically Alive, Scientists Reveal

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the landscape. Mars is often portrayed as a dry, empty world, but the planet is far more active than it appears.
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New microbes could let humans grow buildings on Mars

Turning Martian dust into shelter has long sounded like science fiction, but researchers are now treating it as an engineering problem with a biological answer. Instead of shipping steel and concrete across space,

Bruno Mars Kicks Off His Next Era With A New Bestselling Smash

"I Just Might" introduces The Romantic, the upcoming album by Bruno Mars, and Americans quickly turned it into a top 10 bestseller on iTunes.

Bruno Mars’ Decade-in-the-Making New Album Gets Release Date

The 16-time Grammy winner is set to further cement his status as one of the all-time great pop stars with his long-awaited LP.

This Is Bruno Mars’s Hit-Making Formula, and He’s Sticking to It

It’s serendipitous that Bruno Mars has returned with a new single within a fortnight of the finale of Stranger Things. The sci-fi period piece hit Netflix the summer before the release of Mars’s previous lead single as a solo artist,

NASA pulls plug on Mars rock return mission as costs skyrocket

NASA’s ultimate mission to discover if life exists on Mars has been effectively cancelled. A new US spending bill released this week backs the White House’s move to end the costly programme, which has been on life support for months.
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