Astronomy
BepiColombo Is Ready To Fly By Mercury Again This Week
On June 23, BepiColombo will pass barely 200 kilometers (124 miles) over Mercury’s surface, taking use of the planet’s gravity to slow down and move…
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Astronomy
The Origins of Earth as Revealed by a Martian Meteorite
What are the similarities between Mars and Iceland? Not so much these days. However, it’s possible that the Red Planet had a crust similar to…
Astronomy
Arabian Water was Briefly Present Mars’s Terra
Water was once present in a region of Mars known as Arabia Terra, according to scientists. Ari Koeppel, a Ph.D. candidate at Northern Arizona University,…
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Hercules’ Missing Marble Head Found On 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck
A treasure trove of items has been uncovered at the site of a renowned historic shipwreck just off the rugged coast of Greece. A marble…
Plants and Animals
Fossilized Egg inside an Egg Is a First for Dinosaurs and Reptiles
Ovum-in-ovo, or an egg inside an egg, is a phenomenon that occasionally occurs in birds such as chickens, whose specialized uteruses are more susceptible to…
Astronomy
Possibly a Model for Life on Mars
Microbes extracted from surface sediment near Lost Hammer Spring, Canada, about 900 kilometers south of the North Pole, could provide a blueprint for the types…
Astronomy
Is there Liquid Water beneath the South Polar Cap of Mars?
Scientists measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures at temperatures as low as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm that salty water exists between grains of…
Business
Peloton Reportedly Looks To Sell Up To A 20% Stake amid Struggles
Peloton CEO John Foley resigned in February after the connected exercise pioneer eliminated 2,800 workers. No one could argue the news came as a surprise.…
Astronomy
On Mars, an Explosive Volcanic Eruption created a Rare Mineral
Rice University, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and the California Institute of Technology have solved a mystery that has baffled the Mars research community since NASA’s…
Astronomy
Earth and Mars were Created from Material from the Inner Solar System
Cosmochemists have now presented the most comprehensive comparison of the isotopic compositions of Earth, Mars, and pristine building material from the inner and outer Solar…
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