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reconstructed from sub-ice shelf and offshore sediments J.A. Smith; C.-D. Hillenbrand; C. Subt; B.E. Rosenheim; T. Frederichs ... Abstract: Because ice shelves respond to climatic forcing over a range of time scales, from years to millennia, an understanding of their long-term history is critically needed for predicting their future evolution. We present the first detailed reconstruction of the Larsen C Ice Shelf (LCIS), eastern Antarctic Peninsula (AP), based on data from sediment cores recove...

 E-Mail Understanding whether Mars was once able to support life has been a major driving force for Mars research over the past 50 years. To decipher the planets ancient climate and habitability, researchers look to the rock record - a physical record of ancient surface processes which reflect the environment and the prevailing climate at the time the rocks were deposited. In a new paper published in JGR: Planets, researchers on the NASA-JPL Mars Science Laboratory mission used the Curiosity ...

    “To me, Mars is the uncanny valley of Earth,” said planetary geophysicist Kevin Lewis of Johns Hopkins University. “It’s similar but was shaped by different processes. It feels so unnatural to our terrestrial experience.” In a 2019 paper in Science, NASA researchers detail how they repurposed sensors used to drive the Curiosity rover and turned them into gravimeters, which measure changes in gravitational pull. That enabled them to measure the subtle tug from rock layers on lowe...

What NASAs Mars Ingenuity Helicopters First Flight Means for Future of Space Exploration On 4/19/21 at 7:08 AM EDT But what are the implications of this achievement for the future of space exploration? Michael Gaffey, a professor in the Space Studies Department at the University of North Dakota, told Newsweek that the successful flight opens up a whole new range of possibilities for exploring Mars. Read more "Mars landing missions have always had to aim at safe areas—ideally flat featureless...

Mars didn’t lose all of its water at once, based on Curiosity rover find Mars was a warm, wet planet that was likely capable of supporting life billions of years ago. Something caused the planet to lose its atmosphere and turn into the harsh, frozen desert it is today. The Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, has been exploring different aspects of Gale Crater on Mars to understand more about this transition from warm and wet to dry and very cold. The latest study, gathered from dat...

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April 15, 2021 NASA has given the name Rafael Navarro Mountain to a hill in Gale Crater on Mars, where the Curiosity rover has been exploring since 2012. Navarro, a mission scientist, died in January 2021 from Covid-19. Rafael Navarro Mountain, a hill at the base of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater on Mars. Its name honors mission scientist Rafael Navarro-González, who passed away from Covid-19-related complications on January 28, 2021. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ MSSS. There’s been a lot of fo...

How the Mars helicopter will bring humans back to Earth Flying a drone on Mars will bring the planet closer to home. First, its about getting off the ground, then bringing rocks back, and, eventually, people. Earths first-ever helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, is a first step to humans on Mars As with the first human moon landing in 1969, NASAs Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, is both a small step and a giant leap. Although perhaps that should read "short flight, giant journey" or some other revision o...

Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago Mars did not dry up all at once. View of the slopes of Mount Sharp, showing the various types of terrain that have been and will be explored by the Curiosity rover. The sedimentary structures observed by ChemCam’s telescopic images (mosaics A and B) reveal clues about the ancient environments in which they formed.CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/CNES/CNRS/LANL/IRAP/IAS/LPGN Geological evidence suggests that rivers and oceans may...

Last Updated: Mars Had Drier And Wetter Eras Before Drying Up Completely 3 Billion Years Ago: Study Curiosity Mars rover, which continues to explore Mount Sharp on Red Planet, recently help find that Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely. Image: WikiImages/Pixabay NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp on the Red Planet, recently helped find that Mars had drier and wetter eras before drying up completely about three billion ye...