Perseverance Mars rover ready to roll for miles in years ahead

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science ...
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Could future Mars habitats be made of ice?

As population growth strains Earth’s resources, researchers are exploring off-world settlements, including on Mars, where ...

Scientists Probed a Medieval Alchemist’s Artifacts—and Found an Element That Changes History

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...
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The rock that could change what we know of planet Mars forever

Curiosity has been exploring the surface of Mars since 2011, but what it found inside a rock last year has changed our ...

NASA Rover detects electric sparks in Martian dust devils

NASA’s Perseverance rover detected electric sparks in Martian dust devils, confirming charged particles exist in Mars’ ...

OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret in copyright case

The news outlets argued in their case against OpenAI that the logs were necessary to determine whether ChatGPT reproduced ...

Baffling Discovery Inside Chernobyl May Hold Secret to Safe Space Colonization

The discovery of a black mold thriving inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1990 has reshaped scientific views on radioactivity and its potential applications for future space colonization. This ...

Elegant cocktail watches, a Kashmir sapphire ring and a tiara that turns into a necklace

A late 19th-century diamond tiara, which converts to a necklace (€5,000-€7,000), is another exquisitely made piece. Adam’s is also holding an auction of men’s watches on December 3rd, with highlights ...
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At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved

Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...
The New York Times

NASA Rover Makes a Shocking Discovery: Lightning on Mars

The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists ...
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NASA confirms Mars discovery that forces scientists to rethink everything

Perseverance, the aptly named robot that has been criss-crossing the planet Mars since February 2021, has collected numerous samples along its 30 km route. Assigned to explore an ancient river delta ...
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NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...