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New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Newswise· 11 hours agoA research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that ...
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it's a vital step to sending humans to the red...
Phys.org· 23 hours agoIn brief, the ambitious plan was to collect rock samples cached inside containers by NASA's Perseverance rover and deliver them to laboratories on Earth. Perseverance has been exploring Mars ...
How the U.S. Can Win the New Cold War
Time via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoVirtually every region of the planet is a battlefield for this confrontation: from the scramble to secure mining rights for critical minerals and...
Mars Express Discovers Mysterious Martian “Spiders”
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoThe dark spots in this image from ESA’s Mars Express are the telltale sign of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars. Many such...
What is NASA working on?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLunar mining In addition to exploring the moon, NASA hopes to mine the area by 2032. The agency is looking to develop resources on the moon including...
Spiders From Mars? Phenomenon Evokes David Bowie Song in These Photos Taken Near South Pole of Red...
GoodNewsNetwork· 3 days agoDavid Bowie would love this! There are spiders from Mars—if you believe these photos. Incredible images taken by the European Space Agency’s spacecraft, the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas ...
New vivid images show why this is dubbed Mars' 'Inca City'
Mashable· 6 days agoA European spacecraft orbiting Mars has acquired some of the most detailed images yet of a region at...
Nick DiFrancesco: Faculty Expert on Rocks and Minerals
UB Reporter· 2 days agoCurrently, he is studying the properties of glacially transported sediment and rock deposited in the Lake Erie and Ontario basins. An expert on lunar and Martian geology, DiFrancesco has contributed ...
From coal gasification to robot space mining, small towns fall prey to PR promises
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoHOYT LAKES — Early this year, a friendly man wearing glasses and a corporate polo shirt approached...
A NASA Mars rover is in a great place to search for signs of life
Quartz· 6 days agoUnlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for...
