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Scientists show that solar energy outperforms nuclear on powering crewed m
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berkeley (California) [US], April 30 (ANI): Researchers from the University of California have argued that human ground expedition on Mars can be powered by solar energy harvesting.
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Scientists show solar energy is superior to nuclear for powering crewed mi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berkeley (California) [US], April 27 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California argued that a human expedition on the surface could be powered by harvesting solar energy.
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Study finds Mars's surface got shaped by furious floods from overflowing c
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 3 (ANI): Massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment, suggest a recent study, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Mars' surface shaped by fast, furious floods from overflowing craters
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): A new study, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, has found that massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the Martian surface, carving deep chasms and moving vast amounts of sediment.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): 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.
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Fascination with space began with Star Trek: Indian-American aerospace eng
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US] March 5 (ANI): National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientist Swati Mohan, who played a key role in the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface, told President Joe Biden on Thursday that her fascination with space began she watch
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The way forward to Mars
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the Martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17:30 CEST (15:30 UTC).
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Study shows difficulty in finding evidence of life on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 16 (ANI): Acidic fluids -- which once flowed on the Martian surface -- may have destroyed biological evidence hidden within Mars' iron-rich clays, according to researchers at Cornell University and at Spain's Centro de Astrobiologia.
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
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NASA releases breathtaking ultra-high resolution panorama of Martian surfa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): NASA has unveiled a breathtaking panorama shot of Mars, by stitching together thousands of individual images, captured by its Curiosity rover.
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