[ad_1] Images of Mars reveal how water helped shape the Red Planet’s landscape billions of years ago and provide clues that will guide the search for evidence of ancient life, a new study finds. In February, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater, where scientists suspected a missing river once fed a lake, depositing sediment … Read more
[ad_1] Enlarge / An electron micrograph of part of the volcanic material returned by the Chang’e 5 mission. Beijing Shrimp Center, Institute of Geology, CAGS Chang’e-5 was a major breakthrough for China’s lunar program, as it was the first of the country’s missions to return samples to Earth. Now the results of the dating of … Read more
[ad_1] NASA has announced the launch date for an upcoming mission to hit an asteroid in the face with a spacecraft at high speed. The mission, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), is expected to launch at 10:20 p.m. PST (7:20 p.m. EST) on November 23, and it could help global space agencies figure … Read more
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[ad_1] NASA wisely chose the landing site for its Perseverance Mars rover, a life hunter. Perseverance landed in February on the floor of the 45-kilometer-wide Jezero Crater, which was chosen primarily because previous observations from Mars orbiters suggested it was home to a large lake and river delta in the ancient past. Photos taken by … Read more
[ad_1] The mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, brought the first fresh lunar samples in more than 40 years to Earth later this month. An international team of scientists studied the rocks and delivered one of the first results of the mission: the moon was volcanically active more recently than previously … Read more
[ad_1] The draconid meteor shower is expected to peak on Friday night, sending up to 10 shooting stars across the UK sky every hour. The annual exposure will be more visible in the northern hemisphere after dark tomorrow (6:56 p.m. BST), on clear skies and away from sources of light pollution. Meteor showers occur when … Read more
[ad_1] Before Perseverance landed in Jezero de Mars crater in February 2021, scientists’ understanding of the crater was shaped by observations of spacecraft, such as the Mars Express satellite and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. But now, with an operational robot messing its wheels on the ground, an interdisciplinary team of geologists and planetologists have been able … Read more
[ad_1] Pendraig milnerae was a small species of carnivorous dinosaur, living in what is now South Wales. Credit: © James Robbins The oldest known carnivorous dinosaur discovered in the UK was named after pioneering scientist Angela Milner, who died in August 2021. The small, carnivorous dinosaur lived over 200 million years ago in what is … Read more
[ad_1] Jezero Crater, the rover’s exploration site on Mars, was a calm lake 3.7 billion years ago. A small river fed into the lake, sometimes causing flash floods so forceful that it could carry large boulders miles upstream and drop them into the lake. The massive rocks are still there today. The findings, which were … Read more