When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. This high-resolution image of asteroid Dimorphos was created by combining the last 10 full-frame images obtained by the NASA DART probe’s Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical Navigation (DRACO) and layering the higher-resolution images over the lower-resolution images.… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: Pitris/Getty Images Believe it or not, debris from Mars frequently reaches Earth after powerful impacts hit the Red Planet’s surface and hurl it into space. There have been at least 10 of these meteorite-forming events in Mars’ recent… Read More »
DEARBORN, Michigan — At sunset one weekend in the late summer of 1924, crowds flocked to sidewalk telescopes to catch a glimpse of what they believed to be an advanced alien civilization on the surface of Mars. “See the wonders of Mars!” shouted a suburban sidewalk astronomer in New York City on Saturday, August 23.… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Anthem. | Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Scientists are turning to machine learning to aid in extraterrestrial sample analysis. “This machine learning algorithm can help us by quickly filtering the data and showing us which data might be the most… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on Mars that may have once hosted microbial life. The rock, nicknamed Cheyava Falls, has chemical compositions and structures that could have been formed by ancient life, but non-biological processes cannot yet… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Could we ever make Mars like Earth? – Tyla, age 16, Mississippi When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed the class the science fiction movie “Star Trek… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Could we ever make Mars like Earth? – Tyla, age 16, Mississippi When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed the class the science fiction movie “Star Trek… Read More »
Desert moss could be the key to terraforming Mars, according to a recently published study by Chinese scientists. Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis), a moss found in extreme desert environments from Tibet to Antarctica, is cited as a “pioneer plant” for creating a livable environment because of its extraordinary resilience. AnthemScientists basically believe that this plant… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Hundreds of basketball-sized space rocks are hitting Mars every year, leaving behind impact craters and rumbling sounds on the red planet, according to new research. Mission planners could use that information, recorded in data collected… Read More »
Meteorites are hitting Mars 10 times more frequently than previously estimated, according to two new research papers that describe the seismic shock waves from these impacts detected by NASA’s now-defunct Mars InSight lander. The new rate is surprising. According to the findings, between 180 and 260 collisions occur annually on the Red Planet, and these… Read More »