Tag: martian

A family reunion 150 million years in making: Paleontologists identify nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus

PALEONTOLOGY20/12/2024

Christmas is the time for families to come together, and in the midst of the festive season, University of Leicester paleontologists have announced that they have reunited a family that has been separated for 150 million...

ESA and NASA satellites deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting

OCEANOGRAPHY20/12/2024

Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data from satellites to track changes in the thickness of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Global warming is causing the Ice Sheet to melt...

Curiosity captures a martian day, from dawn to dusk

MARS05/01/2024

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

ASTRONOMY26/10/2023

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

ASTRONOMY30/09/2023

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

ASTRONOMY11/12/2022

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

ASTRONOMY18/07/2022

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