Scientists capture crackling sounds on Mars
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A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen.
Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris flows preserved from a time when the planet’s climate dramatically shifted.
NASA has drafted its Mars rover Perseverance to help monitor the sun’s activity. Every day for the next two months, the rover will image the sun with its Mastcam-Z cameras, capturing crucial information about sunspots and other large features that can give clues to solar activity.
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Perseverance rover spots mysterious 'visitor from outer space' rock on Mars surface after 4 years
NASA's Perseverance rover discovers shiny metallic rock on Mars that could be a meteorite from an ancient asteroid, containing high levels of iron and nickel.
Mars Hill Bible dominated Piedmont from the outset to claim its spot in the Class 3A championship game for the second straight year, smashing the Bulldogs 48-16 in Florence on Friday. The Panthers held previously unbeaten Piedmont 32 points below its season scoring average in the semifinal rout.
Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.
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NASA renews commitment to Europe's life-hunting Mars rover despite Trump budget cuts
B REMEN, Germany — NASA will help Europe get its long-delayed Mars life-hunting ExoMars rover off the ground, even though President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget cuts the collaboration in a drive to reduce spending on science.
Mars, long considered largely static, has revealed a dynamic interior in recent years. NASA’s InSight mission detected ongoing tectonic activity, localised mantle plumes, and magmatic processes, suggesting Mars’ interior remains active and may have contributed to the planet’s atmosphere through mantle outgassing.
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