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Avalanches, icy explosions, shooting geysers: New Year begins on Mars

As the New Year approaches on Earth, Mars scientists are celebrating a significant milestone: the completion of a Martian year on November 12, 2024. As temperatures rise, ice begins to thin, resulting in frost avalanches cascading down cliffsides and carbon dioxide gas violently erupting from the ground. Mars' thin atmosphere prevents liquid water from pooling on its surface; instead, ice …

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5 days, 3 hours ago

Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

Raw Story

Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? But based on technology that’s ready to go, it would take astronauts six months to travel to Mars and six months back to Earth. This makes it easier to travel to the planet and live on the surface because it’s not necessary to bring these commodities …

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5 days, 15 hours ago

NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet

India TV News

NASA’s retired InSight Mars lander has been spotted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in a new image captured on October 23, 2024, using the HiRISE camera. Dust patterns on Mars and Martian surface changes The HiRISE image of InSight helps scientists study the dust accumulation process on Mars. Its HiRISE camera plays a critical role in understanding long-term changes in …

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Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet

India Today

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recently captured stunning new images of the retired InSight lander, revealing how dust accumulation on its solar panels has transformed its appearance over time. Taken on October 23, 2024, by MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, the images show InSight’s solar panels now sharing the reddish-brown hue characteristic of the Martian surface. Throughout its mission, …

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Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

NPR

Mars has its own Grand Canyon Research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. That doesn't sound much like today's Mars, all cold and ice-capped with a surface mostly devoid of liquid water. SOLOMON: …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

NPR

Mars has its own Grand Canyon New research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. So I realized that there could have be a connection between the Earth's river system and of the Mars …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Perseverance rover is about to see some of the oldest rocks on Mars

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Perseverance is ‘go’ for everything the science team wants to throw at it during this next science campaign.” Perseverance has already conducted four broad investigations of Jezero Crater’s floor, as well as the river delta that once fed into it, including exploring, observing, and sampling rocks and dust. “It marks our transition …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Nasa's first aircraft investigation outside Earth: What killed Ingenuity on Mars?

India Today

Engineers from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and AeroVironment are finalising an in-depth assessment of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's final flight, which took place on January 18, 2024. The investigation into Ingenuity's final flight suggests that its navigation system's failure to accurately track surface features led to a series of events that culminated in the mission's end. The team concluded that …

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1 week, 6 days ago

‘Black Beauty’ meteorite preserves evidence of hot, ancient water on Mars

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Our data suggests the presence of water in the crust of Mars at a comparable time to the earliest evidence for water on Earth’s surface, around 4.4 billion years ago,” said lead study author Jack Gillespie, researcher at the University of Lausanne’s Faculty of Geosciences and Environment in Switzerland, in a statement. …

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3 weeks ago

Indian scientists discover Martian lake that could have supported life

India Today

A new study conducted by scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad has brought fresh insights into the potential for past life on Mars, specifically in areas where chloride-rich depressions exist. One promising discovery involves the study of a topographic depression within the Terra Sirenum region, which could hold key clues to understanding Mars' wet history. The study’s findings …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Agency show: Paramount’s remake of Le Bureau des Légendes has a nearly fatal flaw.

Slate

The Agency, I’m sad to say, is missing that je ne sais quoi of Le Bureau des Légendes. If only I’d encountered Showtime’s new spy thriller having never seen its source material, the mid-2010s French drama known in English as The Bureau. I’d have no idea that something might be missing—that je ne sais quoi of the original—or that there …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

A trio of new TV thrillers can provide some action and escapism this Thanksgiving

LA Times

It seems like only the week before last that I was reviewing two thrillers — “Cross” and “Day of the Jackal” — in a single review. Doing everything right is “Get Millie Black” — the echo of “Get Christie Love!,” the mid-’70s Teresa Graves detective show, a rare series with a Black woman in the lead, doesn’t seem a complete …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

China plans to retrieve Martian samples around 2031: laboratory

China Daily

Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. BEIJING -- China is poised to collect Martian samples and return them to Earth around 2031, with its foremost scientific goal being the search for life signatures on the red planet, according to the Deep …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Associated Press

Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” is the focus of William Elliott Hazelgrove’s “Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America.” The book serves as an enjoyable history of the radio drama, with a …

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1 month ago

Evidence of hot water that’s essential to life points to Mars’ habitable past

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers have uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of …

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1 month ago

China unveils plan to catch can of Martian rock samples in space and bring it back

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has unveiled a pioneering plan for a spacecraft to capture a can …

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1 month ago

Did NASA’s Viking Landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Astrobiologist sparks debate

India TV News

NASA's Viking mission, which was launched in 1975 was a groundbreaking step in humanity’s quest to uncover life on Mars. While the mission achieved historic milestones, a new claim has suggested that the Viking landers’ experiments may have unintentionally destroyed the potential Martian life on the planet. False negatives: A lesson from Earth’s deserts Comparing the Viking experiments to Earth’s …

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1 month ago

NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist

Firstpost

A German astrobiologist suggests that humans might have inadvertently wiped out Martian life nearly 50 years ago, during NASA’s Viking 1 mission, which saw two spacecraft land on Mars and conduct groundbreaking experiments to search for signs of life NASA’s long-standing strategy has been to “follow the water” when hunting for life on Mars. Image Credit: NASA A provocative theory …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

India's Mars Mission: A Budgetary Feat

India Today

India's Mangalyaan mission, launched in 2013, marked a significant milestone in the country's space exploration history. The mission, with a budget of approximately $72 million, became the most affordable Mars mission to date, showcasing India's ability to innovate under constraints. Mangalyaan achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the first Asian spacecraft to reach Mars and the first in the world …

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A Glimpse of a 'Googly Eye' Solar Eclipse on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Video

ABP News

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a video of a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Mars. The video shows Phobos passing between Mars and the Sun, with the Martian moon's pupil resembling an eye looking down from the sky. The event lasted for about 30 seconds and was captured by the rover's Mastcam-Z camera.

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Indian Space Mission to Test Human Endurance in Harsh Space Conditions Takes Off in Leh

New Indian Express

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched its first analog space mission in Leh to simulate life in an interplanetary habitat. The mission, which will last for a month, is a collaborative effort by Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, AAKA Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. The primary objectives of the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Perseverance Captures Intriguing 'Googly Eye' on Mars

CNN

The Perseverance rover captured a video of a 'googly eye' on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. The eclipse lasted about 30 seconds, which made the minutes-long solar eclipses seen from Earth seem epic. The rover's latest observation carries on the tradition of Mars rovers that have served as the few spectators to glimpse — and record — a Martian …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Perseverance Captures Intriguing 'Googly Eye' on Mars During Solar Eclipse

CNN

The Perseverance rover captured a video of a 'googly eye' feature on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. The eclipse lasted about 30 seconds, which made the minutes-long solar eclipses seen from Earth seem epic. The rover's latest observation carries on the tradition of Mars rovers that have served as the few spectators to glimpse — and record — a …

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2 months ago

Alien life could be lurking on Mars, NASA says

Daily Mail

A NASA-led study has revealed that alien life could be hiding beneath the icy layers of Mars. 'The microorganisms typically go dormant in the winter,' Dr Khuller told Space.com, 'when there is not enough sunlight to form liquid water within the dusty ice.' The Martian life that may one day be found in the Red Planet's dusty ice might resemble …

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Avalanches, icy explosions, shooting geysers: New Year begins on Mars

Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet

Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

Perseverance rover is about to see some of the oldest rocks on Mars

Nasa's first aircraft investigation outside Earth: What killed Ingenuity on Mars?

‘Black Beauty’ meteorite preserves evidence of hot, ancient water on Mars

Indian scientists discover Martian lake that could have supported life

The Agency show: Paramount’s remake of Le Bureau des Légendes has a nearly fatal flaw.

A trio of new TV thrillers can provide some action and escapism this Thanksgiving

China plans to retrieve Martian samples around 2031: laboratory

Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Evidence of hot water that’s essential to life points to Mars’ habitable past

China unveils plan to catch can of Martian rock samples in space and bring it back

Did NASA’s Viking Landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Astrobiologist sparks debate

NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist

India's Mars Mission: A Budgetary Feat

A Glimpse of a 'Googly Eye' Solar Eclipse on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Video

Indian Space Mission to Test Human Endurance in Harsh Space Conditions Takes Off in Leh

Perseverance Captures Intriguing 'Googly Eye' on Mars

Perseverance Captures Intriguing 'Googly Eye' on Mars During Solar Eclipse

Alien life could be lurking on Mars, NASA says