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NASA scientists solve mystery of curious 'spiders' on Mars
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recreated spider-like araneiform terrain, a geologic formation found on Mars, in a lab on Earth.
'Spiders' on Mars? NASA scientists recreate mysterious Red Planet formations
Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that resemble spider legs, according to NASA.
NASA scientists recreated Mars’ ‘spiders’ in a lab
Lauren Mc Keown of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California said, “I love DUSTIE. It’s historic; the wine barrel-size chamber was used to test a prototype of a rasping tool designed for NASA’s Mars Phoenix lander. The tool was used to break water ice, which the spacecraft scooped up and analyzed near the planet’s north pole.”
Scientists awaken Mars 'spiders' down on Earth in extraordinary experiment
A team of scientists at NASA have confirmed how Mars' 'spider' formations are carved by carbon dioxide. They were first discovered in 2003 and each formation can stretch more than half-a-mile from end-to-end.
Scientists Uncover Ancient Mysteries Beneath Surface of Mars
To uncover the hidden features, researchers employed a sophisticated technique. New research presented at the Europlanet Science Congress this week has uncovered astonishing findings beneath the dusty surface of Mars.
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NASA Scientists "Howl in Terror" as They Discovered Disastrous Flaw in $5 Billion Spacecraft About to Launch
Ask for the Moon If NASA's Europa Clipper mission launches next month, it will be embarking on a historic scientific ...
NASA Proposes New Kind of Moon Shot: Literally Shooting the Moon
Multiple bullets containing a tiny spectrometer could be shot into the lunar soil by an astronaut or rover, allowing analysis ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper on track for Oct. 10 launch to Jupiter's icy moon despite radiation worries
NASA's Europa Clipper probe will lift off and embark on a long-awaited mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which ...
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years
Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says scientists are ‘in striking distance’ of finding life on an exoplanet ...
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NASA mission researchers proves existence of global energy field
NASA researchers affiliated with The Catholic University of America in Washington are part of an international team that has ...
NASA's "Hidden Figures" awarded Congressional Gold Medals
The four Black women, whose pioneering work put Americans on the Moon, were honored with the body's highest honor ...
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NASA Provides 8 Things to Know About Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 1.8 billion ...
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COC Receives $300,000 NASA Grant to Expand Student Access to STEM Fields
The College of the Canyons Aerospace and Science Team has received a $300,000 grant from NASA’s Mentoring and Opportunities ...
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NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for pioneering space work
A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with ...
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NASA Finishes Building Core of Roman Space Telescope
Upon completion, the Roman Telescope will head into space and take up residence at the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point. That's ...