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There are 6 planets align on January 21
The red planet Mars will appear in the night sky on December 21 as it reaches opposition with the Earth. This happens when the Earth and the Sun are directly opposite each other with Earth in between. The next alignment of five or more planets will not happen until after 2040, even though there are…
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The final sample of Mars dirt was dropped by NASA’s Perseverance rover
NASA’s Perseverance Rover has dropped the last of 10 sample tubes on the surface of Mars, thereby completing humankind’s “first sample depot on another world”. Six weeks ago, Perseverance deposited titanium tubes filled with samples of rock and dust on Mars, to be sent to Earth for further study. The depot will include crater floor…
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The Mars rover will be the first to deliver samples to Earth.
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is set to send back the first-ever sample returns from Mars, including four volcanically derived rocks that were collected by the roving Perseverance spacecraft. Samples will also be sent back to Earth to be used to determine the age of rocks from a particular place on Mars. Mars Ascent Vehicle…
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For the first time, researchers recorded the sounds of a dust devil on Mars.
Researchers at Toulouse University have used acoustic recordings to measure the range of atmospheric turbulence and dust devils on Mars. Researchers found that the dust devil still had some dust in it even after moving over ‘Perseverance’, the landing site for NASA’s InSight lander. Dust devils have been used in previous missions to clean up…