Perseverance rover hightails it to Martian delta
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it—and it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp rocks that the rover will have.....»»
Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi
Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi to most of its planes beginning February 1......»»
Perseverant bacteria challenge antibacterial treatment
Bacterial perseverance is a new phenomenon that helps explain how bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments. A group of researchers at Uppsala University have studied how individual bacteria react when exposed to different antibiotics. The resu.....»»
Curiosity rover discovers water-rich fracture halos in Gale Crater
A research team using new methods to analyze data from NASA's Curiosity rover and its neutron spectrometer Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, or DAN, on Mars was able to independently verify that fracture halos contained water-rich opal, potentially serving.....»»
Perseverance rover experiment produces record amount of oxygen on Mars
Inside the belly of the Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, is a small box with a big job: making oxygen......»»
As NASA"s Mars InSight mission comes to an end, JPL engineers say farewell to its twin
Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil......»»
NASA declares Mars InSight lander mission officially over
Just over four years after reaching the martian surface, NASA has officially announced the end of its InSight lander mission......»»
NASA’s Mars rover makes ‘one small drop for humankind’
A special operation performed this week by the Perseverance rover takes NASA another step closer to bringing the first Mars rock samples to Earth......»»
NASA"s Perseverance rover deposits first sample on Mars surface
A titanium tube containing a rock sample is resting on the Red Planet's surface after being placed there on Dec. 21 by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Over the next two months, the rover will deposit a total of 10 tubes at the location, called "Three.....»»
After a long struggle with Martian dust, NASA’s InSight probe has gone quiet
InSight landed on Mars in 2018 with the aim of studying seismic activity. Enlarge / This is probably the last image taken by InSight on the surface of Mars and relayed back to Earth. (credit: NASA) NASA's InSight lander.....»»
Sound of a dust devil on Mars recorded for first time
The sound of a dust devil on Mars was recorded for the first time as the eye of the whirlwind swept over the top of NASA's Perseverance rover, a new study said Tuesday......»»
The Perseverance rover is building a sample cache on Mars
Perseverance will soon begin stashing Martian sample tubes in a depot which will eventually hold 10 tubes deposited over around one month......»»
NASA"s Perseverance rover to begin building Martian sample depot
In the coming days, NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims to bring Mars samp.....»»
NXP, Delta team up for next-gen EV solutions
NXP Semiconductors and Taiwan's Delta Electronics, a switching power supply provider, have struck a deal under which the pair will jointly develop next-generation electric vehicle (EV) solutions......»»
Japanese company"s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that's designed to roll around up there in the gray dust......»»
Perseverance rover collects its first sample of Martian dirt
NASA's Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, has collected its first sample of dirt from the Martian surface......»»
Mekong Delta will continue to be at risk for severe flooding, study finds
The Mekong River Delta is the agricultural heartland of Vietnam; it is affected by droughts and flooding, which have become more severe in recent years. If severe weather events can be more accurately predicted, risk assessments in the regions can be.....»»
Martian dust devil analogues in the Mojave Desert
In the Mojave Desert, the sun beats down on the ground and makes pockets of low pressure. Cool air rushes into these areas, where it warms and rises, creating vortices that pick up dust. These types of dust devils aren't limited to Earth: They are fo.....»»
NASA"s Perseverance rover collects two samples of Martian regolith
NASA's Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from a pile of wind-blown sand and dust similar to but smaller than a dune. Now cont.....»»
Study indicates SARS-CoV-2 variants are still transmissible between species
Scientists believe bats first transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in December 2019, and while the virus has since evolved into several variants such as delta and omicron, a new study indicates the virus is still highly transmissible between mammals. Res.....»»
With a small network of satellites around Mars, rovers could navigate autonomously
When it comes to "on the ground" exploration of Mars, rovers make pretty good advance scouts. From Pathfinder to Perseverance, we've watched as these semi-autonomous robots do what human explorers want to do in the future. Now, engineers are studying.....»»