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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Records Sound of Martian Dust Devil

By News Staff December 13, 2022

Dust devils — convective vortices loaded with dust — are common at the surface of Mars, particularly at Jezero crater, the landing site of NASA’s Perseverance rover. They are indicators…

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Lands in Pacific Ocean

By News Staff December 12, 2022

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s Baja California at 12:40 p.m. ET on December 10, 2022. The splashdown is the final milestone of…

Planetary Scientists Find Evidence for Active Mantle Plume on Mars

By News Staff December 6, 2022

Elysium Planitia, a flat-smooth plain just north of the Martian equator, is underlain by an 4,000-km-diameter active mantle plume, according to new research by scientists from the Lunar and Planetary…

Iberian Owl-Shaped Plaques Were Toys Made by Copper Age Children: Study

By News Staff December 5, 2022

In the Copper Age, around 5,000 years ago, owl-shaped, engraved plaques were produced massively in the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers have speculated about the function of these…

Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Caused Megatsunami on Early Mars

By News Staff December 1, 2022

The Chicxulub-like asteroid crash landed in shallow ocean waters in the Martian region of Chryse Planitia 3.4 billion years ago (Hesperian period) and left a crater about 110 km wide,…

Metal Detector Enthusiast Finds Viking-Age Hoard of Silver Objects

By News Staff November 28, 2022

A metal detectorist in Norway has unearthed a 1,100-year-old trove of small silver objects: pieces of Arab coins, jewelry and wire. The Viking-age hoard consists of 46 silver objects; apart…

Ancient Gold Coins Reveal Long-Lost Roman Emperor: Sponsian

By News Staff November 24, 2022

In 1713, a collection of eight gold coins of five different design types, one of which featured the unknown Roman emperor Sponsian, was found in Transylvania, Romania. The coins were…

2,000-Year-Old Inscribed Bronze Hand Rewrites History of Basque Language

By Enrico de Lazaro November 23, 2022

Archaeologists in Spain have found a hand-shaped bronze object engraved with words in a Vasconic language, a precursor to the modern Basque language. The Hand of Irulegi. Image credit: SC…

Early Martian Ocean Was Over 300 Meters Deep, New Research Suggests

By News Staff November 18, 2022

An analysis of chromium isotopes in Martian meteorites suggests that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, there was enough water for the entire planet to be covered in a 300-m-deep global…

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is on Its Way to the Moon

By News Staff November 16, 2022

Carrying an uncrewed Orion, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) — the most powerful rocket in the world — lifted off today at 1:47 a.m. EST from at NASA’s Kennedy Space…

AMS Detector Reveals Surprising Surplus of Cosmic Rays Made of Deuterons

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt

ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter Spots Chloride-Bearing Deposits on Mars

Mid-Crust of Mars May Contain ‘Oceans of Liquid Water’

‘Nanoparticle Warming’ Have Potential to Warm Mars, Planetary Scientists Say

Mars Once Hosted Lake Larger than Any on Earth: Lake Eridania

Flakes of Natural Graphene Found in Lunar Soil Samples

Curiosity Finds Pure Sulfur on Mars

Study: Biological Amino Acids Could Survive in Near-Surface Ices of Europa and Enceladus

Astronomers Propose New Definition of Planet

AMS Detector Reveals Surprising Surplus of Cosmic Rays Made of Deuterons

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Records Sound of Martian Dust Devil

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Lands in Pacific Ocean

Planetary Scientists Find Evidence for Active Mantle Plume on Mars

Iberian Owl-Shaped Plaques Were Toys Made by Copper Age Children: Study

Chicxulub-Like Asteroid Caused Megatsunami on Early Mars

Metal Detector Enthusiast Finds Viking-Age Hoard of Silver Objects

Ancient Gold Coins Reveal Long-Lost Roman Emperor: Sponsian

2,000-Year-Old Inscribed Bronze Hand Rewrites History of Basque Language

Early Martian Ocean Was Over 300 Meters Deep, New Research Suggests

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft is on Its Way to the Moon

AMS Detector Reveals Surprising Surplus of Cosmic Rays Made of Deuterons

Study: Asteroid Psyche Originated beyond Solar System’s Snow Line and Later Migrated to Main Belt