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Mysterious hole on Mars could protect explorers from cosmic radiation
Interesting Engineering· 11 hours agoThe hole shown in the image is located in the Arsia Mons region of Mars. As such, the hole may have...
Mars's Doomed Moon Phobos Might Not Be What We Thought
IFLScience· 4 days agoMars's moons Phobos and Deimos are a little different from the other moons of the solar system. While not as strange as the Earth's possible "ghost moon" (aka a Kordylewski cloud), the moons ...
Mars InSight Has One Last Job: Getting Swallowed by Dust on the Red Planet
Universe Today· 4 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 ...
What's Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?
Universe Today· 2 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,...
NASA to Measure Moonquakes With Help From InSight Mars Mission
NASA· 3 days agoPart of a payload called Farside Seismic Suite (FSS) that was recently assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the two seismometers are expected to arrive in 2026 ...
Dusty Dilemmas: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Navigates Rocky Riddles
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover’s planned scientific activities were adapted due to a mundane workspace...
Cryovolcanism: Why study it? What can it teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today· 24 hours agoUniverse Today has had the privilege of spending the last several months venturing into a multitude...
The Space Review: Why planetary protection matters to the future of space exploration
The Space Review· 4 days agoWith the possible exception of a few early Soviet probes, all others were sterilized before leaving...
Open questions on carbonaceous matter in meteorites - Communications Chemistry
Nature· 3 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.
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...