For nearly 40 years, the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization in Mountain View, has been searching for intelligent life forms beyond Earth. A philanthropic gift of $200 million is bringing this quest closer to reality.
For nearly 40 years, the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization in Mountain View, has been searching for intelligent life forms beyond Earth. A philanthropic gift of $200 million is bringing this quest closer to reality.
For nearly 40 years, the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization in Mountain View, has been searching for intelligent life forms beyond Earth. A philanthropic gift of $200 million is bringing this quest closer to reality.
For nearly 40 years, the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization in Mountain View, has been searching for intelligent life forms beyond Earth. A philanthropic gift of $200 million is bringing this quest closer to reality.
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Studying the face is more than just a diversion, though.
The 'Happy Face' crater snapped by HiRISE on December 13, 2020. Monitoring features like this 'helps us understand longer term climate trends on the Red Planet,' says researcher Ross Beyer
'Measuring these changes throughout the Martian year help scientists understand the annual deposition and removal of polar frost,' Beyer said.
'And monitoring these sites over long periods helps us understand longer term climate trends on the Red Planet.'
The smile on the figure appears larger because of how much frost has been lost to thermal erosion, revealing more of the surface.