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NASA Opportunity rover’s last panorama shows its final resting place
There was little NASA could do to save the Opportunity rover once the dust storm on Mars swallowed almost the entire planet. And sure, we've seen some remarkable Mars panoramas before, including those captured at Gale Crater by Opportunity's younger sister, Curiosity . [Full Article...]
NASA boss says first Martian 'likely to be a woman'
That's the message from researchers using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to detect water molecules and the behavior of the moisture over the course of a lunar day. A study on the moisture of the moon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters paints a vivid picture of the life water molecules on the surface. [Full Article...]
Water in moon? NASA orbiter spots water molecules on lunar surface
The moon , was in the past, considered to be arid with any water that existed on the moon being stuck as pockets of ice in craters that are permanently shaded at the moon's poles. These could, in theory, result in the formation of water molecules . These results are now making history in the field of science and aeronautics. [Full Article...]
Student Led Global Climate Change Protests
The protest actions are based on the school strike of Thunberg, which had begun in August 2018, in order to demonstrate in front of the Parliament in Stockholm for a stronger commitment of Sweden against climate change. Fellow co-organiser, Year 12 Coffs Harbour Senior College student Caitlin Zugajev, said adults are also being urged to join the rally. Thousands of students have followed her examp... [Full Article...]
Toyota Will Land a Rover on the Moon in 2029
Toyota has revealed the autonomous rover it could soon send to the moon . Even with the limited amount of energy that can be transported to the moon, the pressurized rover would have a total lunar-surface cruising range of more than 10,000 km. [Full Article...]
NASA Says First Person On Mars Likely a Woman
The proposal also allots $363 million to purchase commercial flights for cargo to the moon even sooner, a new addition to NASA's budget. This water is more common at higher latitudes and tends to hop around as the surface heats up. University of Arizona: A team led by Jessica Barnes will research how curation affects the amount of hydrogen-bearing minerals in lunar soil, helping to understand h... [Full Article...]
Air pollution kills more people than smoking, German scientists say
The researchers found that in Europe - the key focus of the European Society of Cardiology research - air pollution caused an estimated 790,000 deaths, between 40 and 80 percent of them from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes. [Full Article...]
Wallaby-Sized Dinosaur Identified in Australia
It's 125 million years old and once bopped about Victoria, southeastern Australia on its hind legs during the Cretaceous. Researchers discovered five fossilized jaws from a previously unknown dinosaur in the state of Victoria that was about the size of a modern-day wallaby. [Full Article...]