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When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021, it wasn’t alone.
In addition to the Ingenuity helicopter, the probe carried a suite of scientific instruments designed to search for signs of ancient life.
And Percy also had MOXIE, a Mars oxygen in situ resource utilization experiment, built into its chassis.
musical instrument Succeeded in generating oxygen More than two years from Mars’ carbon-rich atmosphere.
The first-of-its-kind experiment went beyond NASA’s expectations. The instrument’s capabilities demonstrated that oxygen for life support systems and rocket fuel could be produced on Mars rather than transported from Earth.
This device is another tool that will enable eventual human exploration of Mars.But astronauts will need more Logistics support before calling the Red Planet home.
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Created by researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi, this map of Mars uses color photographs of the entire planet.
Before a long-distance trip, it’s a good idea to check maps and weather forecasts for your destination. Especially if it’s another planet.
That’s what researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi are aiming to do with the Mars Atlas.
The project combines thousands of images taken by the Hope rover in the United Arab Emirates. Detailed color mosaic of the entire planet. The spacecraft has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2021.
Mars maps could potentially be used to identify weather patterns, resources and safe landing sites for future explorers.
“It sounds silly, but maybe in the future people will go to Mars and even live there,” said Dimitra Atli, head of the university’s Mars research group. Maybe,” he said.
Fossils of an unusually long-legged, bird-like dinosaur have been unearthed in southeastern China.
Creature named Fujian Venator Prodigisus is Latin for “strange hunter of Fujian” and lived between 148 and 150 million years ago.
The Fujianese, who are about the size of a pheasant, The lower limbs were twice as long A striking feature considering that the opposite was true for most dinosaurs.
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Neanderthal remains have been found along with ancient pollen in the Shanidal caves in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
When archaeologist Ralph Solecki discovered a 65,000-year-old Neanderthal burial site in northern Iraq in 1960, it was surrounded by clumps of pollen.
He and fellow archaeologist Arlette Leroy-Grouin proposed the idea that flowers were intentionally placed on tombs in Kurdistan’s Shanidar Cave.
This flower burial led to a new school of thought that ancient human relatives were not stupid and barbaric, but intelligent and caring.
However, new research suggests that the various traces of pollen present throughout the site were carried by another cave dweller: bees.
However, the nature of the tomb within the cave still suggests that; ‘Tenderness’ was part of Neanderthal burial processsaid Chris Hunt, professor emeritus at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, who led the latest research.
Separately, the team of scientists determined when ancient human populations declined and became extinct. Almost became extinct about 900,000 years ago.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander will take a well-deserved nap after studying the moon for nearly two weeks.
Controllers will put the lander and its six-wheeled rover into sleep mode for 14 lunar nights while the landing site is in Earth’s shadow. The team will attempt to reawaken the spaceship on September 22nd.
Since its historic landing on August 23, Chandrayaan-3 has analyzed the moon’s soil, and the rover has measured seismic activity and detected the presence of sulfur.of The lander also made a small jump. It used its thrusters to land a short distance from the landing site.
On the other hand, Japan succeeded Launched the lunar lander “Moon Sniper” A new X-ray satellite is also coming this week. The lander should reach the moon within three to four months.
Nicholas Lucens
Nicolas Lucens’ photo of a brilliant green tanager in Ecuador’s Mashpi Amagusa Reserve won the award for Best Portrait.
A caring penguin parent, a blackbird silhouetted in the shadow of the moon, and a glowing green bird perched on a heart-shaped leaf are among the awe-inspiring entries submitted to this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition. These are some of the photos that make you think.
Wildlife photography is a patient study, and some of the images submitted are years in the making.
the winning photo Photographer Jack Gee waited four years to capture this image of a female peregrine falcon colliding with a pelican more than twice her size that came too close to the falcon’s nest. . “The action was fast and it was over in the blink of an eye,” Gee said. “But I will remember that moment forever.”
Let’s take a closer look at these fascinating stories.
– Archaeologist Four 1900-year-old Roman swords discovered Other remarkably well-preserved artefacts in caves near the shores of the Dead Sea in Israel.
— Scientists have grown a kidney composed primarily of human cells in a pig embryo It is the first “pioneering step” towards growing organs that can be used for transplantation.
— The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon deliver a long-awaited asteroid sample to Earth. Take a look at NASA’s preparations before the capsule is expected to arrive on September 24th.
— Newly discovered Comet Nishimura is appearing in the predawn sky as it approaches Earth and the sun, but it could pose a challenge for sky watchers.Here it is How to find difficult celestial objects.
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