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Seismic Waves Reveal Mars’ Liquid Core and Chemical Composition
Scientists have directly measured the properties of Mars’ core for the first time and confirmed model predictions of…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds “Ripples” In Ancient Martian Rock—And a Lake May Have Left Them There
It’s been established for quite some time now that Mars was once a watery world; evidence of its…
The Very Best of Veritasium In Modern Sciences
Intrepid science enthusiasts from all around the world likely scour YouTube for quick and accessible science content that’s…
Mars: how we discovered two huge, unusual impact craters – and the secrets they unveil
InSight’s dusty solar panel. NASA/JPL Benjamin Fernando, University of Oxford Most of the worlds of our Solar System…
Martian Sciences: Three Updates From the Red Planet
The mere thought of exploring our planetary neighbor has moved humanity to make leaps and bounds in its…
Engineering Feats: A Modern Sciences Lookback
By its own nature, the field of the engineering sciences is a constant well of new information and…
The Perseverance rover is collecting rock samples from Mars to bring back to Earth
Concept illustration for research robots that could bring samples of Mars rocks to Earth-based labs. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Mariek Schmidt,…
For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves
NASA / JPL-Caltech Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves…
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important
NASA is going back to the Moon. NASA Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder NASA’s Artemis 1 mission…
We’ve Heard Mars For the First Time Thanks to the Perseverance Rover
It’s taken at least a year of work, but French scientists have now managed to release their results…