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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon
The Raw Story· 1 day agoThe Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, Xinhua said, citing the China...
What's Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?
Universe Today· 5 days agoIf the planet is anything like Earth or the Moon, it may have large underground lava tubes that could house shelters. Collapsed sections of lava tubes,...
China Lands Spacecraft on Far Side of the Moon
New York Times· 2 days agoThe landing brings the Chang’e-6 mission a step closer to being the first to return a sample from the part of the moon that’s never seen from Earth....
NASA Mars Rover Picks Up Pet Rock Named ‘Dwayne’
Forbes· 3 days agoYour best friend, the Ingenuity helicopter, has reached the end of its mission. The Perseverance Mars rover has a little companion tucked into one of its...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
Dusty Dilemmas: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Navigates Rocky Riddles
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover’s planned scientific activities were adapted due to a mundane workspace...
NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission - NASA
NASA· 5 days agoPart of a payload called Farside Seismic Suite (FSS) that was recently assembled at NASA’s Jet...
How scientists revealed a new Martian rock type without the rock
Mashable· 2 days agoThe inventory of meteorites from Mars is astoundingly small: Less than 400 of the known space rocks...
Open questions on carbonaceous matter in meteorites - Communications Chemistry
Nature· 6 days agoExtraterrestrial carbon gives insights into the origin of life and processes that took place billions of years ago in our solar system. Here, the authors provide an overview of what is known and of unanswered questions with a meteoritical focus.