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Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission over after rotor blade damage, says NASA | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s mini helicopter Ingenuity has made its last flight on Mars after one of its rotor blades was damaged. It’s been on the Red Planet since February 2021, and two months later achieved the milestone of the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity has flown 72 flights for a total of 11 miles…
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Discovery of molten layer covering Mars may explain why Martians don’t exist | Science & Tech News
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A liquid silicate “blanket” wrapped around the core of Mars gives us new clues about the planet’s history and why it is devoid of life, researchers have said. Findings from a paper published today in the journal Nature provide insights into how Mars formed, evolved and became the barren planet it is now, according to…
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Likely cause of Mars’ biggest ever quake revealed after UK-led study | Science & Tech News
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The likely cause of the biggest ever seismic event recorded on Mars has been revealed following a UK-led study. The 4.7-magnitude quake was recorded by NASA‘s InSight lander on 4 May last year, causing vibrations that reverberated through the planet for six hours. It was initially thought to have been caused by a meteorite impact,…
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NASA manages to produce oxygen on Mars | Science & Tech News
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NASA has produced enough oxygen on Mars to sustain an astronaut for a few hours in a world-first experiment. The Perseverance rover, which landed on the red planet in February 2021, has been periodically burning through the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide to generate small amounts of oxygen for more than two years. Using a device no…
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NASA’s Mars rover finds surprising mud cracks that hint planet once supported life | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has made a surprising discovery that may have cracked how the red planet once supported life. The car-sized robot, which touched down on the surface back in 2012, found an array of well-preserved ancient mud cracks suggestive of past wet and dry seasons. It’s long been theorised that persistent Earth-like weather…
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Mars is spinning faster – scientists aren’t sure why | Science & Tech News
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Mars is spinning faster and it’s gradually cutting short the length of each Martian day, scientists have found. The red planet is accelerating at about four milliarcseconds per year, bringing the days to a close a fraction of a millisecond earlier. As those measurements would suggest, the changes are subtle – but the scientists who…
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NASA releases stunning ultraviolet images of Mars | Science & Tech News
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NASA has shared two stunning ultraviolet images of Mars. The pictures, taken by the space agency’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission, were taken at different points along the planet’s orbit of the sun. One was snapped in July 2022 and one in January 2023, when the planet was at the near opposite end…
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Summer solstice: How you can catch a glimpse of Mars and Venus in the sky | Science & Tech News
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Signalling the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of winter below the equator, the summer solstice is here. It will take place on Wednesday 21 June at 15:57 BST. It marks the longest day and shortest night of the year, and 2023 is expected to bear witness to a solstice gathering…
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Most detailed images of Mars’ moon Deimos unveiled | Science & Tech News
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The most detailed images of Mars’ moon Deimos have been unveiled after a probe flew just 100km (62 miles) from its surface. The “unprecedented” high-resolution pictures, captured by the UAE Space Agency during a series of flybys, include a glimpse of areas on the far side of the moon which have never been observed in…
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Mars shines bright in night sky as it vanishes behind moon | Science & Tech News
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Skywatchers have been treated to the spectacular sight of Mars disappearing behind the moon. The event, which astronomers call an occultation, happened last night and was visible from parts of the US, northwestern South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Similar to a lunar eclipse, when the Earth is positioned perfectly between the moon and the…