Use of Rover Arm Expected to Resume in a Few Days
Managers of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission expect to approve resumption of rover arm movements as early as next week while continuing analysis of what appears to be an intermittent short circui ... more
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Scientists report breakthrough in detecting methane
Methane is one hot gas. It's a prominent component of natural gas, an important atmospheric gas, and a product of both biology and chemical reactions. Its presence was recently confirmed in the atmo ... more
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CO2 soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform
From farms to court, climate-hit communities take on big polluters
From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze
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Ceres' mysterious existence has long puzzled scientists
In less than two days, NASA will provide the closest ever view of a dwarf planet in between Mars and Jupiter that has mesmerized, puzzled and tantalized astronomers for more than two centuries. ... more
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Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water than Earth's Arctic Ocean
A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who, using ground-based observatories, measured water signatures in the Red Planet's atmosphere.
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Opportunity Examining Odd Mars Rocks at Valley Overlook
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying "Marathon Valley," a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposu ... more
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Mars Colonization Edges Closer Thanks to MIT's Oxygen Factory
Scientists at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are building an instrument, which will turn carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen, with NASA planning to use it on their 2020 mission to Ma ... more
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China at technical preparation stage for Mars, asteroid exploration
China has been researching the technical feasibility of exploring Mars and asteroids, a top space scientist and national political advisor revealed on Tuesday.
Ye Peijian, from the China Acade ... more
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Quantum staircase effect seen in ultracold atomic junction
Redesigned carbon framework boosts battery safety and power
Shrinking AI memory improves LLM accuracy
