Later this week, NASA plans to launch its fourth rover from Mars, Perseverance, on a six-month trip to the Red Planet. Perseverance will initiate a mission to collect samples of Martian soil that may have traces of ancient life, so that they can be returned to Earth by another mission …
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This week a small piece of rock will be thrown into space on one of the strangest interplanetary trips ever attempted. A small piece of 10p coin-sized Martian basalt will launch aboard an American robot probe on Thursday and propelled toward the red planet on a seven-month journey to its …
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NASA plans to launch its last mission to Mars this month, which aims to place the Perseverance rover on the planet’s surface in February 2021. It is the latest attempt to explore a planet that has spanned the popular imagination for centuries. Like the planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson, author …
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A meteorite that was launched from Mars and fell to Earth some 700,000 years ago is now returning to Mars, in what has been described as the “most ambitious” space campaign since Apollo. The rock, known as Sayh al Uhamiyr 008 or SaU 008, was discovered in Oman in 1999 …
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Photo: Muskoka Stock Photos (Shutterstock) Between the recent rare kite and 4th of July penumbral eclipseIt’s been a great few weeks for astronomy. But there is even more to see in the night sky, which comes in the form of 42-day meteor shower. While it started on July 12, the …
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