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The soaring price-tag of a plan to fly rock samples back to Earth is jeopardising other space projects, say criticsIt is one of the most complex space missions ever contemplated. A flotilla of unmanned probes and robot rovers will be flown to Mars to g…
Alexandra Witze reports via Nature: A meteorite that slammed into Mars in September 2021 has rewritten what scientists know about the planet’s interior. By analysing the seismic energy that vibrated through the planet after the impact, researchers have…
“Planetary scientists want to search for biosignatures in what they believe was once a Martian mud lake,” reports Space.com:
After scientists carefully studied what they believe are desiccated remnants of an equatorial mud lake on Mars, their study of…
An anonymous reader shares a report: On May 4, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude — fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for our planetary neighbor. Given Mars lacks the geologi…
A model of India’s proposed space stationIndia’s space ambitions got a boost when it became the first country to land a spacecraft near the unexplored south pole of the moon in August, just days after a similar Russian mission failed, and the fourth overall to achieve a soft landing. PM Modi has also called on scientists to work on missions to Venus and MarsNew Delhi: India aims to send an
Indian space enthusiasts have reason to celebrate as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) embarks on its second mission to the red planet, Mars, nine years after its historic debut. This upcoming mission, informally known as Mangalyaan-2, will be equipped with four specialized payloads aimed at conducting in-depth studies of various aspects of Mars, including interplanetary dust, the
Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a new perspective on sunspots (those dark, cool areas where the sun’s magnetic field is particularly strong, and which often launch solar flares).
“NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has given us a sneak peek o…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered signs of seasonal floods on Mars at a site called Gale Crater. Ars Technica reports: About 3,000 Martian days into its exploration, the rover was at a site that dates to roughly 3.6 billion years ago, during Mars’ …
During its 54th flight on Mars, NASA’s helicopter Ingenuity captured an image of the space agency’s Perseverance rover. Space.com reports: Perseverance is nearly out of frame at the top of the photo, which Ingenuity took when it was about 16 feet (5 me…
The US Senate has slashed the budget for NASA’s ambitious mission to return soil and rock samples from Mars’ surface. From a report: NASA had asked for $949 million to support its Mars Sample Return mission, or MSR, in fiscal year 2024. In its proposed…