The United Arab Emirates' Hope probe , which arrived at Mars in early February, spotted the scattered glow of auroras in the Martian night sky.
Auroras occur when charged particles from space interact with atoms in the atmosphere, energizing them and causing them to glow. On Earth, this plays out as the northern and southern lights.
NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing Clues
A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken on Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater.
This evenly layered rock photographed by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimentary deposit not far from where flowing water entered a lake.
6 Storm Team Starwatch: Mars and Venus visible this week! | WATE 6 On Your Side
Welcome to the 87th edition of 6 Storm Team Starwatch! This is a blog that will be posted every week that will list events happening in the sky!
The next few nights after sunset you will be able to see Mars and Venus (Sky & Telescope). You will want to look West about 45 minutes after sunset to see these planets as well as the star Regulus (Sky & Telescope). Regulus is a bright star in the constellation Leo (Sky & Telescope).
New in Paperback: 'Love and Theft' and 'The Sirens of Mars' - The New York Times
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ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, by Ocean Vuong. (Penguin, 256 pp., $17.
Marvin the Martian attacks a Mars rover in HBO Max's 'Looney Tunes Cartoons' Season 2: Exclusive
NASA's intrepid Perseverance rover on Mars has been capturing the imaginations of space lovers around the globe with its striking panoramic images recorded from the Red Planet's surface since it first touched down this past February.
With its captivating mission still unfolding, Warner Bros.
Sols 3171-3172: Bingo, Drill Hole #32 on Mars! – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Regardless of whether we drop to CheMin, the science team was still able to plan a number of scientific observations to help monitor the atmosphere, detect changes in our workspace associated with the drill activities, and continue to characterize the terrain around us.
As the APXS strategic planner, I had a relatively quiet day from a planning perspective. We are not able to use the APXS while we have drill sample cached. However, I made good use of the time by starting to plan APXS observations we would like to make before we leave this location.
UCLA Engineering Doctoral Candidate Leads Training Program in Mars Simulation | UCLA Samueli
Dylan Dickstein
Commander Dylan Dickstein in front of the habitat (left) and greenhouse (center)
Dickstein, who is expected to obtain his doctoral degree this fall from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, successfully commanded a multidisciplinary team of six students and recent graduates from UCLA and other universities at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) astronaut analog.
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