Tag: lander

‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science

PALEONTOLOGY
An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago — several millennia before...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ecuador

EARTHQUAKES
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, injuring at least 20 people, damaging buildings in the city of Esmeraldas and temporarily shutting down some...

Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover

ASTRONOMY
A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates'...

InSight Mars lander waits out dust storm

MARS
NASA's InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as...

NASA’s InSight lander: The lonely fate of a robot on Mars

MARS
Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, the NASA InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometers from home. With...

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