Solar storm warning: NASA’s Mars rover snaps Sun turning, spies dangerous sunspot facing Earth

27Aug

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Solar storm warning: NASA’s Mars rover snaps Sun turning, spies dangerous sunspot facing Earth

In an intriguing celestial observation, NASA's Perseverance Rover on Mars has captured a striking view of a massive sunspot, signalling a region of heightened solar solar activity on the far side of the Sun. This sunspot is rotating to face the Earth and the likelihood of a solar storm has just increased manifold.Early Solar WarningAccording to a blog post on spaceweather.com, the unique positioning of Mars on the opposite side of the sun allows Perseverance to provide advanced notice of approaching sunspots, sometimes more than a week before they become visible from our planet. This early alert has been issued: A significant sunspot has been seen and a solar storm could be enroute. Mastcam-Z's Special SnapshotThe Mastcam-Z instrument on the Perseverance Rover was responsible for captu...

21Aug

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In a special moment, NASA rover on Mars snaps Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in flight

In a special moment, NASA rover on Mars has captured remarkable video footage of its helicopter flying and landing. The Martian atmosphere is very thin, just around one percent of Earth's, which makes it hard for things to lift off. However, NASA's experimental helicopter called Ingenuity was built to lift off using its special rotor in these unusual conditions. The small robot, with its four-foot wingspan, has managed to fly more than 50 times, even though NASA initially thought it would only be able to fly five times.Perseverance's Watchful EyeRecently, NASA's big Perseverance rover filmed the whole 54th flight of the helicopter in early August. There was a small issue during the flight that made the helicopter come back down quickly, but NASA used this flight to check if its control...

19Jul

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Life on Mars? Check what NASA just found

After years of hard work and the best of technology deployed to find any signs of life on Mars, NASA has some good news. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover appears to have made a major discovery that could point towards life on Mars. What the rover has found, are signs of life on the Red Planet. The rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero crater for three years now, and recent findings suggest the presence of something incredible - organic molecules, which are fundamental building blocks of life.Jezero Crater is considered an area of great interest due to its potential past habitability as it was an ancient lake basin and there is the presence of a diverse range of minerals there. Previous clues have already hinted at the planet's dynamic history. However, the latest discovery of organic com...

24Jun

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Perseverance and the science of obtaining results

The NASA Science Team is making a special effort to acquire a sample of a conglomerate rock unit located on top of the fan in Jezero crater on Mars. Unfortunately, the initial attempt resulted in a sample that was too small, and the second attempt proved unsuccessful, as reported by NASA But why is this rock so important?Eleanor Moreland, a Ph.D student at Rice University says, "Conglomerate rocks are of great interest to the Science Team due to their composition, which consists of numerous clasts of different rocks. Over time, these individual clasts become bound together, forming the conglomerate. Significantly, these clasts likely originated from distant locations and were transported to Jezero crater. Analyzing the unique clasts and cements preserved within a sample of the conglome...

15May

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In a first, NASA’s Perseverance Rover snaps evidence of fast moving, ‘Wild’ river

NASA has been actively looking for evidence of water environments on Mars that could help scientists to seek out signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. Recently, NASA's Perseverance rover has shared an image of Mars which potentially reveal traces of a lively former river on Mars. This river appears to have been deeper and swifter than any other previously documented evidence of Martian water bodies.The Mars Perseverance rover is currently investigating the top of a fan-shaped sedimentary rock, which is 820-foot (250 meters) in height. The rock layers exhibit curved formations, indicating the influence of flowing water. Scientists aim to unravel one crucial question - "Is that water flowed in relatively shallow streams – closer to what NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of in ...

24Mar

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NASA Perseverance rover camera captures stunning clouds on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has been on a Mars exploratory mission for the last two years. Since its landing in February 2021, the Martian rover has not only captured breathtaking snapshots of the barren planet, but has also discovered the stunning structures and formations on the red planet. The Perseverance Rover has been collecting rock samples, analyzing the terrain, and hunting for evidence of previous microbial life on Mars. Now, the rover has made another stunning discovery by capturing drifting clouds in the Martian sky.The image was released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory yesterday and it was captured by one of the navigation cameras aboard the Perseverance rover. The stunning clouds were captured just before sunrise on March 18, 2023, the 738th Martian day of the Mars miss...

23Dec

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How to put yourself on Mars! Awesome NASA tech will frame you for FREE

NASA has provided an innovative way to send you to Mars instantly. Know all about this awesome tech. In an interview, Elon Musk famously said that he wants to send one million people to Mars by 2050. While that might be a farfetched plan, if you want to visit Mars sooner than that, there might be a unique solution for you. And believe it or not, it will not even require you to wear a spacesuit, let alone having to go through a rigorous fitness and science course to become eligible for space travel. And this innovative method is being offered by NASA for free. The US space agency promises to frame you on the red planet. Curious? Read on to know about this awesome NASA offer.Put yourself on Mars instantly with this cool trickTo be clear, this method will not physically transport you to...

17Sep

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Awesome! IMPOSSIBLE Sun Halo spotted on Mars; tech marvel Perseverance Rover creates history

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has spotted an awesome Sun Halo in skies over Mars. The phenomenon was thought to be impossible by the scientists. Check details here. Have you heard of Sun Halo? Several instances of Sun Halo have been seen and captured by people living in different parts of the Earth. Now, amazingly, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has done the impossible and captured a Sun Halo on Mars. It is being said to be a never-seen-before phenomenon spotted on planet Mars. This is a truly historic achievement as even scientists had lost hope of seeing any such incident ever happening on Mars, but only until December 15, 2021. It can be known that the Sun Halo as seen on Earth is a natural phenomenon in which ice crysta...

16Sep

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Perseverance rover investigates geologically rich Mars terrain for signs of life

Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.The rover has collected four samples from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater since July 7, bringing the total count of scientifically compelling rock samples to 12. "We picked the Jezero Crater for Perseverance to explore because we thought it had the best cha...

7Sep

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover found green sand on Mars

Nasa’s Perseverance rover has found grains of olivine on the Martian surface. NASA's Perseverance rover has been traversing and examining the Martian surface for quite some time now and a latest study based on the data it collected has left scientists astounded. The newest discovery reveals that the Red planet has some green in it too. Researchers from Purdue University have analysed data from the rover that found grains of olivine on the Martian surface. Olivine is a slightly less spectacular version of a commonly known gemstone peridot on earth. And hence, it resulted in some green areas on the Martian surface. The olivine grains are so abundant in quantity on our earth that they comprise over half of the upper mantle. ...