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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…
This Costa Rican Lake May Reveal How Mars Could Have Hosted Life
Near the center of Costa Rica is its famous volcano called Volcán Poás, whose peaks house two crater…
Curiosity Rover Finds Carbon Inside Mars Rocks—And It’s the Same Carbon That’s Inside Us
Much like how carbon exists as several allotropes—diamond, graphite, plus other engineered carbons like fullerenes—carbon also exists as…
Mars’ Arabia Terra Briefly Held Water For a Time, Researchers Found
Our cosmic neighbor’s been on quite a ride thus far; from being a target of imagination and scrutiny…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found Organic Molecules on Mars
Just to get this out before it spirals into anything else—no, it’s not alive, and it likely doesn’t…
NASA’s Perseverance Finds Evidence of Martian Ancient Flooding
Since landing on Mars back in February this year, the Perseverance rover has since been playing a key…