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Mars's crust more complex, evolved than previously thought: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought and it may even be similar to our own planet's original crust.
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Mars meteorite impacts reveal fresh information about planet's crust
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Data from two meteorite impacts on Mars recorded by NASA's InSight spacecraft provide new insights into the structure of the Martian crust.
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Scientists use deep planetary scans to confirm Martian core
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of their existence.
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Researchers develop new approach for conducting automated science in space
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
NASA's Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian landscape. At the same time, the crews operating the rovers do all they can to protect them and the billions of dollars behind the mission. This balance between risk and reward drives the decisio
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Astronomers uncover new 'patchy' proton aurora on Mars
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): NASA's MAVEN and the United Arab Emirates' EMM missions have released joint observations of dynamic proton aurora events at Mars. By combining the observations, scientists determined that what they were seeing was essentially a map of where the solar wind
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China releases images of Martian satellite
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): China's Tianwen-1 probe beamed back high-resolution images of Mars' natural satellite Phobos on Saturday, marking the second anniversary of the launch.
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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 rover collects first Mars rock samples
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 7 (ANI): National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Perseverance rover on Monday (local time) completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil.
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NASA Perseverance Mars rover to acquire first sample of Martian rock
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a scientifically interesting target in a part
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