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NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as “megaripples” during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet. The photo, taken on Aug. 13, reveals a field of these ridges at a site called Kerrlaguna, where Perseverance is investigating how Martian winds continue to shape the landscape. According to a recent NASA …

Starship performed very well on Tuesday (Aug. 27), but SpaceX will soon move on from the shiny silver vehicle. From the current version of it, anyway: The company plans to continue iterating with Starship, which checked all of its boxes during its 10th-ever test flight on Tuesday evening. SpaceX is developing Starship to help humanity settle Mars, and to achieve …

Warning: This story contains details of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. You can find resources and help for survivors at the U.S. Department of Justice website. More than 40 percent of respondents to a new survey experienced a sexual assault or sexual harassment during recent Antarctic research expeditions, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Antarctica …

15 Animals Most Likely to Be the First Colonists on Mars  AOL.com Source link

The Starship megarocket passed its latest launch trial with flying colors, according to SpaceX. Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, launched from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug. 26), kicking off the vehicle’s 10th-ever test mission. Flight 10 was eventful and ambitious. Starship met the challenge, “taking a …

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket took to the skies for the 10th time ever today (Aug. 26), on a bold test flight that marked a big bounceback from recent failures. Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas today at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT; 6:30 p.m. local Texas time). That was …

Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red glow of Mars on Aug. 26, set among the stars of the constellation Virgo. Mars will sit less than 10 degrees above the horizon at sunset, with the 11 %-lit waxing crescent moon hanging less than 6 degrees to its lower left. …

SpaceX Reschedules Critical 10th Test Launch of Mars Rocket  The New York Times An ‘existential gamble’: Why some experts are worried as SpaceX gears up for next Starship test  CNN SpaceX scrubs Starship flight test. When could megarocket launch now?  USA Today SpaceX scrubs Starship rocket launch to troubleshoot ‘ground systems’ issue  The Guardian Musk’s SpaceX Starship set for critical test launch after series …

Until recently, Mars was studied only through telescopes and some data that was recorded from early spacecraft. It was thought that Mars’ polar regions were the only significant reservoirs of ice, mainly in the form of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice). The rest of Mars seemed too dry for frozen water to form, and there were no means to detect …

This article contains mild spoilers for Peacemaker season 2, episode 1. Peacemaker is taking shots at Thirty Seconds To Mars. The DC Studios show, which stars John Cena as the titular silver-helmeted vigilante, made multiple jokes at the expense of Jared Leto’s rock band in the premiere episode of its second season. Written and directed by DC Studios co-CEO James …