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Mars hasn’t given us proof of life, but it has handed scientists a new kind of mystery. On the western edge of Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring Neretva Vallis, a river-carved valley that once fed a vast Martian lake. There, in an outcrop of ancient mudstone called the Bright Angel formation, the rover found one of its …

NASA may have discovered a biosignature on Mars, but could China be in position to get crucial samples back to Earth first to make a definitive analysis? NASA’s Perseverance team announced on Sept. 10 that it had found possible biosignatures in pieces of a Mars rock dubbed “Cheyava Falls” in Jezero Crater. But this is not conclusive. In order to …

Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet’s surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted by an international consortium of young scientists. “We now have experimental validation that tumbleweed rovers could indeed operate and collect scientific data on Mars,” James Kingsnorth of the Delft …

Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she’s trading her role behind the console for a shot at flying to space herself. Edgar is one of the 10 people in NASA’s 2025 astronaut class, which was announced this week at …

Arsenal are reportedly set to secure the signing of Shamrock Rovers prospect Victor Ozhianvuna. According to The Irish Independent, Ozhianvuna will officially sign for Arsenal in January 2027. The youngster, who is currently 16 years old, will sign a four and a half year contract with the Gunners when he turns 18. Shamrock Rovers are set to earn at least …

NASA’s Rovers Keep Getting Stuck and We Just Found Out Why  SciTechDaily NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck, And We Finally Know Why  yahoo.com A ‘fluffy’ trap: These researchers might have figured out why planetary rovers keep getting stuck  Aerospace America This Could Prevent Rovers From Getting Stuck In Sand Or Dust  Universe Today NASA Sets New Course as Rover Wheels Spin in Martian Dust: …

Although humanity is getting better at sending robotic probes out into the Solar System to explore the places no human can tread, we’re still very much on a learning curve. The first extraterrestrial robotic rover was launched from Earth in 1970. It’s only now, more than half a century later, that scientists have figured out why these marvels of ingenuity …

In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front right wheel when it got stuck on the sandy Martian surface. Despite spending months trying to excavate its robot, NASA could not free Spirit. Now, engineers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have figured out a way to better prepare NASA’s robots for …

Lockheed Martin has announced the details of a proposal to take over NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, tasked with retrieving the samples that the Perseverance rover on the red planet has already collected. These samples have great scientific value, including the possibility of the evidence of life. While originally conceived as an in-house …