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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter gearing up for longest flight ever this weekend

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter will fly farther than it ever has before on Saturday (Dec. 9), covering more than half a mile of Red Planet ground.

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 5 review: A new asteroid heading for Mars puts a rocket under the season

A new body in the Solar System starts a multi-trillion-dollar gold rush, while the shockwaves from a certain someone's departure continue to resonate on Mars.

Space

Ex-NASA scientist dishes on space food in new memoir 'Space Bites'

Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'

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Strange underground polygons on Mars hint at Red Planet's wet past

Buried dozens of meters under the equator of Mars is a large honeycomb pattern similar to, but much larger than, those found only near Earth's frigid poles.

Space

The Best Sci-Fi Series of the Year Just Delivered Two Massive Mid-Season Twists

In 'For All Mankind,' Season 4, Episode 5, a new asteroid coupled with poignant flashbacks, change everything.

Inverse

The longstanding mystery of Mars' moons – and the mission that could solve it

The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with their origin remaining a matter of debate. Some have proposed that they may be made up of residual debris produced from a planet or large asteroid…

The Conversation

Warhammer maker Games Workshop pays staff £2,500 bonus — but £450m knocked off market cap as shares tumble

The bonus is enough to build a fully armed two-foot tall Mars Pattern Warlord Titan, the most pricey model on the Warhammer website

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Horoscope for Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 7:30 to 10:50 a.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Virgo into Libra.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASA's Psyche spacecraft finds its 'first light' while zooming to a metal asteroid (image)

Having launched on Oct. 13, the Psyche spacecraft has been journeying to a metal asteroid reminiscent of Earth's core. It just snapped its first image.

Space

China could use a foldable helicopter to collect samples on Mars

A new journal article outlines the design for a quadcopter that could assist China's mission to collect samples from Mars.

Space

NASA's Mars robots back in action after 'solar conjunction'

NASA's Mars robots are back up to full speed on and around the Red Planet, after a two-week pause in commanding.

Space

Tom Hanks draws on his love of space for immersive documentary 'The Moonwalkers'

Tom Hanks is a lifelong space buff

The Independent UK

ANU's vital role in helping NASA get to the moon and Mars

The quantum optical ground station will be launched on Wednesday.

The Canberra Times

How Perseverance rover captured its youngest samples from Mars' Dream Lake (video)

A new NASA video explains how the Perseverance Rover may have collected its youngest rock sample yet from the Red Planet's Jezero Crater.

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Space mysteries: Why are there no gas moons?

In our solar system we have rocky moons, ocean moons and frozen-ice moons, but there are no gas moons. Are we just unlucky not to have any gas moons, or are there physical reasons why they cannot exist?

The Conversation

Why isn't there any sound in space? An astronomer explains why in space no one can hear you scream

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Space

Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters

Here we explore whether there are any upcoming asteroid encounters and how NASA and other space agencies actively monitor near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to hit our planet.

The Guardian - UK

‘Brands to avoid’: Mars and Cadbury among chocolate firms criticised in ethics report

Only 17 out of 82 companies investigated were found to use suppliers that paid cocoa farmers enough to live on

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 4 review: The shove that shook two worlds

As tensions between East and West intensify, a workplace dispute and a cover-up in Roscosmos have major ramifications on both Earth and Mars.

LiveScience

Eerie photo of Mars' horizon took NASA 3 months to capture

After months of meticulous planning, NASA's Odyssey Orbiter finally captured a unique view of the Red Planet's horizon, which is similar to what future Martian astronauts might see.

Space

Here's what astronauts in orbit around Mars would see from their spacecraft

New images from NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter capture what the Red Planet would look like from the vantage point of a spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

LiveScience

Chinese scientists build robo-chemist that can extract oxygen from water on Mars

The robot was tested in a simulated Martian environment, and can one day be used to aid humanity's survival on the Red Planet.

AAP

Antarctic health technology set to be used in space

Medical technology being trialled in Antarctica will inform international space research under an Australia-US agreement.

Zenger

Scientists Capture First-ever Views Of Mars From Space Station Perspective

It showcases the curving horizon and layers of atmosphere, similar to what an astronaut sees of Earth from the International Space Station.

Evening Standard

Nasa reveals 'unique' photo of the horizon of Mars

The photo has captured the perspective 'astronauts in orbit over Mars would have'

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