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NASA’s Mars InSight lander posts its last image on Twitter
New Delhi: NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Tuesday posted its last image on Twitter as it prepares to fall silent anytime, ending its history-making mission to reveal secrets of the Red Planet’s…
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Mars is real mighty in 1st James Webb observations of Red Planet
Washington: NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images and spectra of Mars that show a region of the planets eastern hemisphere at two different wavelengths, or colours of infrared…
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Evidence of life on Mars may be over 6 feet deep: NASA
Washington: Rovers exploring Mars, such as NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance and others, may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two metres) or more under the surface of the Red Planet to find…
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Evidence of life on Mars may be over 6 feet deep: NASA
Washington: Rovers exploring Mars, such as NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance and others, may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two metres) or more under the surface of the Red Planet to find…
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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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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Washington: The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen. In a press…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s views from above
Marking its 15th-anniversary on 12th August since launch, one of the oldest spacecraft at the Red Planet has provided glimpses of dust devils, avalanches, and more. Since leaving Earth 15 years ago,…
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life
Washington: NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, its latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, will include technology to explore ancient life on Mars, according to the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The goal…
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Mars Helicopter ready to fly to Red Planet: NASA
Washington: NASA’s Mars Helicopter has successfully completed a series of tests and is ready to take flight over the Red Planet, the US space agency said. “The next time we fly, we…