Later that month, the space agency's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover became frozen on Mars. The comet NEOWISE, also known as C/2020 F3, was discovered on March 27 by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope. SEPTEMBERIn September, researchers discovered that the moon was "rusting," perhaps a result of the water discovered on the celestial satellite. In September, a group of researchers discovered a rare molecule, phosphine, in the clouds of Venus. THE SUN'S LONG-LOST TWIN COULD BE IN DEEP SPACE, RESEARCHERS SUGGESTNOVEMBERNovember was a particularly busy month for space news, with NASA certifying SpaceX to carry astronauts to space, officially ending its reliance on Russia.

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