Tag: martian

Tooth size in South American sea lions reflects historical shifts in population abundance

PALEONTOLOGY
A new study published in PeerJ reveals that the teeth of South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) hold valuable clues about past population dynamics. Researchers from the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, the Centro para...

Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses

ASTRONOMY
Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the moon through a NASA-sponsored program. Within 24...

Chinese rover finds evidence of ancient Martian ocean

ASTRONOMY
A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ancient...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock

ASTRONOMY
Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before...

Curiosity captures a martian day, from dawn to dusk

MARS
When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover isn't on the move, it works pretty well as a sundial, as seen in two black-and-white videos recorded on...

Scientists discover molten layer covering Martian core

ASTRONOMY
NASA's InSight mission to Mars helped scientists map out Mars' internal structure, including the size and composition of its core, and provided general hints...

NASA’s Perseverance captures dust-filled Martian whirlwind

ASTRONOMY
The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater by NASA's Perseverance rover on...

NASA’s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to...

Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite’s original home

ASTRONOMY
Scientists announced Tuesday they had found the crater from which the oldest known Martian meteorite was originally blasted towards Earth, a discovery that could...

Software upgrade for 19-year-old martian water-spotter

MARS
The MARSIS instrument on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, famous for its role in the discovery of signs of liquid water on the Red Planet,...

Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory

ASTRONOMY
A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth and Mars acquire volatile elements such as...

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