The instrument package known as SuperCam aboard the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the search for past life on the red planet, mission scientists said Wednesday. The return …
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Although its main mission is to look at the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will seize any opportunity to send data back to Earth. The planet Venus represents precisely one of those …
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China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to land on the Red Planet later this year. The spacecraft, launched in …
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The first Arab space mission, the UAE’s “Hope” probe, is expected to reach Mars orbit on 9 February, the first of three spacecraft to reach the red planet this month. The United …
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The seven-minute harsh descent to the Red Planet is not in the far future for the agency’s Mars 2020 mission. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission is just 22 days from landing …
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The best present this holiday season came in a small package, which arrived in the Australian desert from within our solar system on 5 December 2020. Inside, astronomers were happy to open …
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Any species reaching for the stars sings their fingers. Probably more than once. A post from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website is a stark reminder of the accidents in our …
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Sensors on NASA’s persistence will help prepare for future human exploration by taking weather measurements and studying dust particles. A new stream of weather news is about to arrive on Mars, once …
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Mars Rover has collected three rock samples in this rich area since its arrival in July. NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has a new selfie. This is from a place called “Mary Anning” …
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According to NASA’s latest dispatch, the space agency has an “exciting new discovery about the moon” coming on Monday October 26. Curiously, the new results are courtesy of the Stratospheric Observatory for …
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