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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4577-4579: Watch the Skies
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4577-4579: Watch the Skies Curiosity Rover has successfully parked in a trough cutting through a highly fractured region on Mars, allowing for further investigation of mysterious boxwork structures. The rover will conduct various scientific experiments, including observing cloud motion, studying the rover workspace, and analyzing the composition of two targets: “Copacabana” and […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4573-4574: Welcome to the Uyuni Quad
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4573-4574: Welcome to the Uyuni Quad Curiosity Rover has successfully completed its activities at the “Altadena” drill site and moved to the next mapping quadrangle, known as the Uyuni Quad. The rover’s exploration area has been divided into 1.5 kilometer by 1.5 kilometer square quads, with each quad named after a town […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4568-4569: A Close Look at the Altadena Drill Hole and Tailings
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4568-4569: A Close Look at the Altadena Drill Hole and Tailings The Curiosity rover has been exploring the Martian bedrock within the boxwork structures on Mount Sharp, focusing on the Altadena drill hole and tailings. The rover used its instruments to image and characterize the chemistry of the wall of the drill […]
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Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research Scientists have long been puzzled by why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than asteroid bits brought back by space probes, despite carbonaceous chondrites being rich in water and […]
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Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision
Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior rotation rate with unprecedented precision, achieving a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates. The team used Hubble’s long-term monitoring of Uranus to analyze more than a decade of observations of the planet’s aurorae, […]
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Sols 4500-4501: Bedrock With a Side of Sand
Sols 4500-4501: Bedrock With a Side of Sand The Curiosity rover has reached Sol 4500 on Mars, marking an impressive milestone in its exploration of the Red Planet. The rover’s navigation team successfully passed the “Slip Risk Assessment Process” and began a two-sol plan to characterize bedrock targets using various instruments, including APXS, MAHLI, and […]
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