[NASA] The bright-colored rocks exposed across the slope, running from middle left to middle right of the image, belong to a formation the science team calls the “Broom Point member,” […]
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Mars Curiosity Blog Sols 4845-4851: Bye-Bye Boxwork, Bye-Bye
Earth planning date: Friday, March 27, 2026
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Mars Curiosity Blog, Sols 4852–4858: When Data Take Their Time…
Earth planning date: Friday, April 3, 2026 Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
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Ice Planet Exploration: Deepest Canadian Ice Core Has Reached Bedrock
An ambitious Canadian Flagship project has successfully reached its goal drilling a 613 m deep ice core from top to bedrock though the Müller ice cap on Axel Heiberg Island, […]
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Unburied Treasure: Rover Researchers Find Unexpected Minerals On Mars
Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that turns out to be a revelation.