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‘My power is really low’: NASA set to lose contact with Mars InSight spacecraft after four years | UK News
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This may be the last ever image sent from NASA’s Mars InSight spacecraft. After a four-year mission on the red planet, the robotic lander – which famously snapped the first “selfie” ever taken on Mars – is powering down. Thick windblown dust has covered InSight’s solar panels, with NASA expecting to lose contact with the…
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Asteroid strike triggered 250-metre mega-tsunami on Mars, scientists believe | Science & Tech News
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A mega-tsunami on Mars could have been triggered by an asteroid strike similar to the devastating blow that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The giant wave, measuring up to 250 metres in height, was created about 3.4 billion years ago by the impact of an asteroid or comet in a shallow ocean…
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Planetary rover destined for missions on the Moon or Mars undergoes test in Milton Keynes | Science & Tech News
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A planetary rover that could end up being used to build habitats on the Moon or explore the surface of Mars has been put through its paces at a quarry in Milton Keynes. The Sample Fetch Rover (SFR), affectionately called Anon, was originally built to collect sample tubes left on Mars by another rover called…
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New study ‘gives best indication yet’ that there is liquid water on Mars | Science & Tech News
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British scientists say they have found evidence which “gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water on Mars”. Their study is the first independent lead using data, apart from radar, that such water lies beneath the red planet’s south polar ice cap. But the experts have also cautioned that it “does not necessarily…