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  NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim: What You Need to Know

  NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully reached the top of Jezero Crater’s rim after a challenging climb that took several months. This marks the beginning of the rover’s new scientific campaign, focused on exploring the region’s unique geological features. The rover is now headed to Witch Hazel Hill, a site believed to contain layered r...

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  NASA's Perseverance Rover To Unveil Mysteries Of Red Planet After Challenging Climb

  NASA's Perseverance Rover first landed in the Jezero Crater in February 2021.

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  NASA Investigates Ingenuity’s Last Flight, Explains Why it Crashed on its 72nd Flight

  NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, initially planned for five flights, completed 72 missions, ending its journey on January 18, 2024. Its final flight encountered navigation challenges over Jezero Crater's featureless terrain, leading to rotor blade damage. Despite being grounded, Ingenuity continues contributing data to Mars research. NASA is now...

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  New Lunar Map Attempts to Identify the Origin Impact Craters of Rock Samples

  A new map of the moon’s Mare Orientale basin highlights areas containing original impact melt. These findings could help date the basin’s formation, which is estimated to be 3.8 billion years old. Scientists believe this research may reveal Earth’s early impact history while guiding future lunar sample-return missions. The map also distinguis...

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  NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Mars

  NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered possible organic molecules on Mars using the SHERLOC instrument. While these findings are intriguing, the scientific community remains divided. Some believe the signals suggest ancient life, while others argue the data could point to non-organic sources. The debate underscores the difficulty of interpretin...

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  NASA's Perseverance Rover Observes Googly Eye Eclipse on Mars

  NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a rare astronomical event in which the Martian moon Phobos passed in front of the Sun, creating a visual reminiscent of a "googly eye." This event, observed from the Jezero Crater, provided insights into the dynamics of Mars' moons. Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, obscured the Sun's disc for approximate...

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  NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Set to Explore Moon’s Water Cycle and Ice Locations

  NASA’s upcoming Lunar Trailblazer mission aims to explore and map water on the Moon. Set for launch next year, this satellite will utilise advanced instruments to identify and measure water in various forms. It will investigate permanently shadowed craters and surface features to gather insights about lunar water's origins and its potential for f...

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  NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures View of a Big Mars Cater

  NASA's Perseverance rover, currently navigating the western rim of Jezero Crater on Mars, recently captured a breathtaking panoramic view of the landscape. Since landing in 2021, Perseverance has been exploring the 28-mile-wide crater, hoping to find evidence of ancient microbial life. The ascent has presented unique challenges for the rover, but e...

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  NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Uncovers Distinct Red Rocks with Green Spots at 'Serpentine Rapids'

  NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has unveiled intriguing findings at Serpentine Rapids, a location characterised by its striking red rocks interspersed with distinctive green spots. These features, observed in a nighttime mosaic captured by the rover's SHERLOC WATSON camera, may provide insights into Mars' geological history. The green spots are thou...

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  Satellite Images Show Lebanese Towns In Ruins After Israeli Bombing Campaign

  Israel's military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters, according to satellite imagery provided to Reuters by Planet Labs Inc.

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Provides Insights into Mars' Uninhabitable Climate

  NASA's Curiosity rover is providing new insights into how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable planet, abundant in liquid water, to the inhospitable landscape seen today. Researchers discovered that carbon-rich minerals found in Gale Crater indicate extreme evaporation and suggest the planet's climate could support only transient liquid wa...

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  Hera Spacecraft Embarks on Mission to Study Asteroid Redirected by NASA in 2022

  The Hera spacecraft has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, embarking on an international mission to study the asteroid Dimorphos, which was altered in course by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in 2022. Expected to reach its target by December 2026, Hera will examine the impact crater left by the DART mission and deploy two ...

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  Siberian Craters Explained: Thawing Permafrost and Methane Gas Trigger Explosive Craters

  Researchers have revealed the cause behind the enormous craters found in Siberia's permafrost, linking them to thawing conditions and explosive methane gas releases. As the surface melts, water seeps into ancient cryopegs, pockets of salty water trapped beneath the permafrost. The resulting pressure build-up causes cracks to form, leading to explos...

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  NASA Curiosity Rover’s Wheels Endure Damage Yet Continue to Operate Effectively on Mars

  NASA's Curiosity rover has been traversing Mars for over 12 years, and its wheels have endured significant wear and tear. Recent images reveal extensive damage, including dents and tears, yet the rover continues to function effectively. Since its landing in Gale Crater in 2012, Curiosity has travelled approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres) over rug...

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  Scientists Reveal It Wasn't Just One Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinosaurs

  The massive asteroid that ended the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not an isolated event, new research has revealed.