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Greenhouse gases and aerosol pollution emitted by human activities are responsible for increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts around the world, according to a new study.

And it's mostly our fault.

In a release on Wednesday, NASA said that the video was meant to approximate standing on the Martian planet and witnessing the action "firsthand."

Tom Cruise's supposed space mission may take a back seat now.

Its long-term customers include Lockheed Martin, NASA, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.

The death of the dinosaurs was just one of five global events that saw millions of species wiped out. How do these events happen? And how can we stop it happening again?

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The historic landing of Zhurong, a rover named after the god of fire in ancient Chinese folklore, not only demonstrated China's growing capabilities in space, but also served as a reminder of how far the country has come since its founding.

"This bill, in the main, is not supposed to be about space."

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Space journalist Jay Barbree, 87, died Friday in Florida. The veteran NBC News began covering NASA in 1957 and reported on more than 160 human missions.

The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time," Xinhua said.

Nation landed a spacecraft on the red planet

The landing is a major milestone for China's space agency, which has advanced rapidly in just a few decades.

The amateur painter still shows an eye for spin.

After weather postponed the launch several times, NASA will again attempt to finally launch the KiNET-X rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this weekend. The launch may provide a brief light show visible to those along the East Coast and in Charleston. As of Friday morning, viewing conditions in Charleston are looking good for the weekend as the forecast calls for a mostly clear skies Saturday night.

China's probe to Mars touched down on the Red Planet early Saturday to deploy its Zhurong rover, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing's increasingly bold space ambitions and a history-making feat for a nation on its first-ever Martian mission.

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China just successfully landed its first rover on Mars, becoming only the second nation to do so.