Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...
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Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
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OTD In Space - November 13: Mariner 9 Becomes 1st Spacecraft To Orbit Mars
On November 13, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet. NASA had several flybys before Mariner 9. Those flybys showed ...
Voyager 2 is the only craft to visit Uranus. Its findings may have misled us for 40 years.
But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...
‘Orbital,’ which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 Booker Prize
Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize on Tuesday. The book follows a day in the life of six astronauts.
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Happy New Year, Mars
Today is considered New Year’s Day on Mars, a convention that stems from one Martian year equaling 687 days on Earth. Host Carolyn Beeler explains how astronomers and space agencies track the passage ...
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We Live in Time Gets New Digital Release Date – Where To Watch
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh's heartfelt rom-com, We Live in Time, is coming to Video on Demand platforms at the end of ...