Mars
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China to launch Mars probe in July
Science | Jan 23, 2020, 08:57 PM ISTChina announced that it will launch its first Mars mission probe in July this year, China Youth Daily reported on Thursday. This is the first time the country disclosed the launch month of its Mars exploration programme, according to the newspaper which cited sources from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
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Water on early Mars may have been habitable for microbes
Science | Jan 22, 2020, 07:07 PM ISTSurface water on early Mars may have been habitable for microbial life, suggests new research which found that the Red Planet's water was mineral-rich and salty. Salinity (how much salt was present), pH (a measure of how acidic the water was), and redox state (roughly a measure of the abundance of gases such as hydrogen or oxygen) are fundamental properties of natural waters.
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Mars losing water even faster than scientists thought
Science | Jan 10, 2020, 07:04 PM ISTMars today is cold and dry – a desert world -- but dry river valleys and lakebeds suggest that water covered much of the Red Planet billions of years ago. Previous research has also found that Martian water mostly escaped into space.
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NASA scientists map wind flow pattern on Mars, first for any planet: Study
Science | Dec 13, 2019, 12:03 PM ISTThe researchers, including those from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US, reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet.
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NASA scientists develop map showing presence of water ice on Mars
Science | Dec 12, 2019, 05:46 PM ISTNASA scientists have developed a map detailing the presence of water ice on Mars, with some believed to be as little as 2.5 centimetres below the Red Planet's surface.
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Photos show evidence of life on Mars, claims scientist
India | Nov 20, 2019, 02:28 PM ISTIndividual images were carefully studied while varying photographic parameters such as brightness, contrast, saturation, inversion, and so on. No content was added, or removed.
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Mineral capable of preserving life's signatures found on Mars: Study
Science | Nov 13, 2019, 03:02 PM ISTThe study noted that the minerals may have formed in the discovered region, and may represent the bottom layer of the delta deposit.
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Mars once had salt lakes similar to those on Earth: Study
Science | Oct 19, 2019, 11:59 AM ISTThe researchers said that the salt ponds on Mars are similar to some found on the Earth such as those in a region called Altiplano near the Bolivia-Peru border.
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Mars lander’s digger is burrowing again after snag
Science | Oct 18, 2019, 03:35 PM ISTA Mars lander’s digger is burrowing into the red planet again after hitting a snag seven months ago.
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From Moon to Mars, NASA astronauts to wear special spacesuits
Science | Oct 15, 2019, 11:24 AM ISTNASA will go live today, as the first woman and man will explore the Moon wearing their spacesuits as part of the international space agency's Artemis program.
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NASA invites names to ride along with Mars 2020 rover, last date today
Science | Sep 30, 2019, 07:57 AM ISTOver 9.8 million people have submitted their names so far. The rover is scheduled to be launched around July 2020 and is expected to touch down on Mars by February 2021.
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Chandrayaan, Mars mission man Annadurai a persona non grata at ISRO?
India | Sep 14, 2019, 02:12 PM ISTHas Padma Shri M. Annadurai, former Director of the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) and who was involved in India's three inter-planetary missions, a persona non grata at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wonder serving and retired officials.
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This spectacular blue crater discovered on Mars surface leaves scientists in awe
Jun 19, 2019, 12:03 AM ISTThe image taken by a high-resolution camera mounted on the orbiter from a distance of 250 km was taken back in April.
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Mostly carbon dioxide, no breathable oxygen on Mars: NASA
Jun 14, 2019, 01:39 PM ISTThe atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide and extremely thin (about 100 times less dense than Earth's), with no breathable oxygen, NASA said on Friday.
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NASA's Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life
Jun 14, 2019, 10:53 AM ISTThe goal of the Mars 2020 rover is to look for signs of ancient life. It will be the first spacecraft to collect samples of the Martian surface, caching them in tubes that could be returned to Earth on a future mission, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
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Keep this tweet away from your children's reach: Trump trolled after he claims moon part of Mars
World | Jun 08, 2019, 02:23 PM ISTJokes, witty one-liners and memes flooded Twitter soon after Trump's tweet started doing the rounds.
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NASA invites public to submit their names to fly aboard Mars 2020 rover
May 22, 2019, 06:01 PM ISTAlthough it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, NASA is inviting the public to submit their names to fly to the Red Planet aboard the US space agency's Mars 2020 rover.
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NASA plans to land astronauts on Mars by 2033
Apr 04, 2019, 08:41 AM ISTLast month, US Vice President Mike Pence urged NASA to return American astronauts to the Moon within five years (by 2024) and warned that if NASA cannot do it, it is NASA, not the mission, that must change.
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Scientists discover potential source of methane on Mars
Apr 03, 2019, 08:42 AM ISTThe apparent presence of methane on Mars has fuelled intense speculation that the gas could emanate from microbial Martians beneath the surface.
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Mars still has active deep groundwater: Scientists
Apr 01, 2019, 07:33 AM ISTThe team studied the characteristics of Mars' Recurrent Slope Linea, which are akin to dried, short streams of water that appear on some crater walls on Mars.