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NASA's Curiosity rover snaps iconic 'Star Trek' symbol on Mars, thrilling scientists
Jan 25, 2024
NASA's Curiosity rover snaps iconic 'Star Trek' symbol on Mars, thrilling scientists
Did someone leave a communicator badge lying on Mars? NASA's long-running Curiosity rover mission just spotted a familiar shape to Star Trek fans: The iconic delta-shaped emblem that Starfleet officers typically wear on their uniforms. Unfortunately, it would be highly illogical to say that a Starfleet landing party walked near...
Photographer snaps extremely rare 'green flash' coming from Venus
Jan 25, 2024
Photographer snaps extremely rare 'green flash' coming from Venus
Venus briefly flashed a shimmering green light in the night sky above Sweden, new footage reveals. The rarely seen phenomenon is almost identical to the ethereal green flashes that are occasionally seen around the sun during sunrises and sunsets. Photographer Peter Rosén captured the colorful flash coming from one of...
NASA's historic Ingenuity helicopter ends its 3-year Mars mission, suffering rotor damage on 72nd flight
Jan 25, 2024
NASA's historic Ingenuity helicopter ends its 3-year Mars mission, suffering rotor damage on 72nd flight
After three years of soaring through the ultra-thin skies of Mars, NASA's autonomous Ingenuity helicopter has finally been grounded for good. While power still flows through the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) helicopter, recent images revealed that at least one of its rotor blades sustained irreparable damage after its last flight —...
NASA's Perseverance rover may already have found signs of life on Mars, discovery of ancient lake sediments reveals
Jan 26, 2024
NASA's Perseverance rover may already have found signs of life on Mars, discovery of ancient lake sediments reveals
NASA's Perseverance rover has found that Mars' Jezero crater was at one point filled with water, offering a tantalizing hope that it may have already unearthed fossilized life on the planet. The rover, which first touched down on the crater in February 2021 along with its now-retired helicopter companion Ingenuity,...
Space photo of the week: Ancient 'labyrinth of night' on Mars, one of the biggest mazes in the solar system
Jan 28, 2024
Space photo of the week: Ancient 'labyrinth of night' on Mars, one of the biggest mazes in the solar system
What it is: A rift valley called Noctis Labyrinthus (labyrinth of night) When it was released: Jan. 24, 2024 Where it is: Between Valles Marineris and Tharsis on Mars Why it's so special: Noctis Labyrinthus is unlike anywhere else in the solar system. Around 739 miles (1,190 kilometers) long, 19...
Ingenuity helicopter's final images reveal fatal rotor damage that brought it down on Mars
Jan 31, 2024
Ingenuity helicopter's final images reveal fatal rotor damage that brought it down on Mars
New images from NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter reveal how badly the craft's rotor blades were damaged following its final, mission-ending flight on Jan. 18. The images, taken with Ingenuity's high-resolution navigation camera and shared by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Jan. 25, show the shadows of Ingenuity's spinning rotor blades...
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could exist
Feb 8, 2024
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an underground ocean scientists never believed could exist
Astronomers have discovered that a tiny moon of Saturn, named Mimas, may harbor a hidden liquid ocean beneath its thick icy shell and may thus have the conditions for habitability. This shocking finding radically changes the definition of what an ocean moon can be, and could ultimately redefine our search...
This Antarctic Meteorite Holds a Tiny Speck of Stardust That's Older Than the Solar System
Apr 30, 2019
This Antarctic Meteorite Holds a Tiny Speck of Stardust That's Older Than the Solar System
A tiny speck of stardust, hidden within a meteorite from Antarctica, is likely older than our sun — and was catapulted into our celestial neighborhood by an ancient star explosion that predates the formation of our solar system. This ancient grain is only 1/25,000 of an inch, sports a croissant-like...
During the Last Lunar Eclipse, a Meteor Smacked the Moon in the Face at 38,000 Mph
May 1, 2019
During the Last Lunar Eclipse, a Meteor Smacked the Moon in the Face at 38,000 Mph
On January 21, 2019, the full moon passed entirely into Earth's shadow and, well, got smacked in the face pretty hard. Seconds after the total phase of that night's lunar eclipse began, a meteorite slammed into the moon's surface, causing a brief but bright flash of light visible to amateur...
King Tut Wore Ancient, Meteor-Blasted Yellow Glass
May 17, 2019
King Tut Wore Ancient, Meteor-Blasted Yellow Glass
About 29 million years ago, the sands of the western Egyptian desert melted and created tiny pieces of canary yellow glass — some of which ended up decorating King Tut's pectoral (chest ornament). This natural glass, found across thousands of square kilometers in western Egypt, is thought to have originated...
Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found in the Driest Place on the Planet
May 24, 2019
Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found in the Driest Place on the Planet
Meteorites crash into Earth pretty much constantly, and you can find their ancient remains everywhere from King Tut's tomb to some guy's farm in Edmore, Michigan. But to best understand where these space rocks came from and how long they've been living as earthly expats, it helps to visit the...
Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock
Jun 10, 2019
Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock
The site of the largest meteorite to hit the British Isles has finally been discovered in a remote part off the Scottish coast, 11 years after scientists first identified evidence of the massive collision. A team of researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford located...
Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims
Jun 17, 2019
Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims
Look up from the Red Planet on the right morning, and you might see a blue sky. All year round, wispy blue clouds of ice form in the Martian atmosphere, hovering between 18 and 37 miles (30 and 60 kilometers) above the planet's surface. There, they streak across the sky...
Cyanide-Laced Meteorites May Have Seeded Earth's First Life
Jun 28, 2019
Cyanide-Laced Meteorites May Have Seeded Earth's First Life
Cyanide isn't just the last resort for the captured spies of Hollywood film. It's also a crucial component of the early chemistry of life. And now, new research finds that cyanide might have ridden to Earth on meteorites. Samples of a particular group of primitive meteorites — including a large...
These Ghostly Blue Clouds Only Appear at Night — And They're Made of Meteors
Jul 1, 2019
These Ghostly Blue Clouds Only Appear at Night — And They're Made of Meteors
It looks like a ring of blue fire in the sky. But, in fact, that swirl of sapphire over the North Pole and Greenland is actually ice — that, and a bit of pulverized meteor dust. They're called noctilucent clouds, because they only appear after sunset. Blue and wispy, these...
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