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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...
Mars InSight Has One Last Job: Getting Swallowed by Dust on the Red Planet
Universe Today· 7 days agoNow, however, it’s acting as a dust collector, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) scientists couldn’t be happier. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) onboard MRO monitors ...
China Lands Spacecraft on Far Side of the Moon
New York Times· 1 day 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....
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...
Looking back — May 28, 2024
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 6 days agoScooter Bynum already was the recipient of the Gatorade Alaska Boys Basketball Player of the Year. On Tuesday, the Monroe Catholic High School senior received a Gatorade state honor for his ...
Earth's Most Alien Landscapes
Cheapism via AOL· 2 days agoIf you're bored and need a change of scenery, consider locations so stunning and strange that you'll find it hard to believe you're still on your home...
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,...
How Much Water Would a Self-Sustaining Moonbase Need?
Universe Today· 5 days agoWhile resupplies from Earth would work for a time, eventually the lunar base would have to become self-sustaining? This is what a recently submitted study hopes to address as a team of researchers ...
Next-Generation Radar Will Map Threatening Asteroids
Universe Today· 4 days agoWhen the Arecibo Observatory dish in Puerto Rico collapsed in 2020, astronomers lost a powerful radio telescope and a unique radar instrument to map the...
