Mars
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Physicists describe how certain sort of aurora on Mars forms
Iowa City: Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered how a sort of aurora on Mars forms, according to a recent study. The researchers discovered separate auroras formed by the interaction…
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Reseachers finds imbalance between energy emitted from Mars and seasonal energy
Houston: A seasonal imbalance in the amount of solar energy absorbed and released by the planet Mars is a likely cause of the dust storms that have long intrigued observers, a team…
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Chinese rover suggests Mars had water more recently than thought
Beijing: China’s Zhurong rover has found that Mars may have had liquid water hundreds of millions of years more recently than previously thought. It has long been believed that Mars was wet…
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NASA’s InSight Mars lander records largest-ever monster quake on Red Planet
Washington: NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the largest ever monster quake on the Red Planet. The quake estimated to be of magnitude 5 occurred on May 4, the 1,222nd Martian day,…
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Study shows Mars had less water than previously thought
New York: Mars, which was once known to contain a massive body of water, may have less water, suggests new research. According to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, the…
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Sound gets slower on Mars as ‘deep silence prevails’, reveals NASA rover
New York: While a ‘deep silence prevails’ on the Red Planet, NASA rover Perseverance has captured several interesting noises during its explorations and a first analysis of acoustics based on recordings has…
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NASA’s Perseverance to traverse speedily to Martian delta using AI
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before, using artificial intelligence. The six-wheeled scientist is on a 5-kilometre journey, that began…
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Aerospace startup unveils rover to carry astronauts to Moon, Mars
Washington: US-based aerospace startup Venturi Astrolab has unveiled a prototype of an interplanetary rover that is designed to transport cargo and people across the surface of the Moon – and eventually, Mars…
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NASA’s Perseverance grabs 7th rock sample on Mars
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance rover has grabbed one more sample from Mars, taking the total number of collection to seven. Perseverance drilled the seventh sample from the floor of the Red Planet’s Jezero…
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Curiosity rover images tiny ‘mineral flower’ on Mars
Washington: NASA’s curiosity rover recently snapped a close-up image of a tiny, flower-like mineral deposit on the surface of Mars. The one centimetre wide, beautiful branching rock that looks a bit like…
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NASA’s Perseverance completes 1st year on Mars
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully completed the first year since touching down on Mars on February 18, 2021. Weighing roughly 1,025 kgs, Perseverance is the heaviest rover ever to safely land…
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Research shows how Mars lost its oceans
Tokyo: It is a well-known fact that Mars once had oceans in part due to a protective magnetic field similar to Earth’s. The layer of ice on the cap of the planet…
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Extremely harsh volcanic lake, projects how life might have existed on Mars: Study
Boulder: Life on Mars has always been a subject of countless speculations, both amongst scientists as well as the general public. A recent study sheds some light on whether life may have…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds carbon signature on Mars
Washington: Scientists at NASA’s Curiosity rover have found a type of carbon that on Earth is associated with biological processes from several powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars. While…