Space

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Mars
Perseverance Is Officially Roving Mars After a Successful Test Drive
ScienceAlert - AFP
The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said Friday. The six-wheeled …
23 hours ago
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Earth Science
Astronomers Have Found The First Evidence For Tectonic Activity on an Exoplanet
ScienceAlert - David Nield
You may not be all that familiar with planet LHS 3844b, but it now has its own particular distinction: It's the first planet outside of our Solar …
1 day ago
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Asteroids
Eiffel Tower-Sized Asteroid Zipping by Earth in Dress Rehearsal For Closer 2029 Flyby
ScienceAlert - STEPHANIE PAPPAS
An asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower will zip past Earth Friday (March 5) and be out of our planetary neighborhood until 2029. The space rock, …
1 day ago
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Asteroids
For The First Time, Organic Matter Crucial For Life Has Been Found on an Asteroid's Surface
ScienceAlert - Mike McRae
Follow the twisted limbs of your family tree all the way back to its primordial origins billions of years in the past and you'll find that we all …
2 days ago
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Telescopes
This Exoplanet May Be Our Best Chance of 'Seeing' The Atmosphere of an Alien World
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
An exoplanet just 26 light-years away looks like the one of the best we've found yet for peering into the atmospheres of alien worlds. Named Gliese …
2 days ago