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Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover
NASA Space Technology NASA's Perseverance rover has found a rock with strange green spots in it (seen at upper left), and it may hold clues about past water.(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)NASA's Perseverance rover is approaching four years of activity on the Martian surface — and all this time, the rover has been exploring ancient environments, collecting samples, and investigating whether our reddish neighbor may have once supported microbial lifeIn its latest findingsPerseverance took a nighttime mosaic image of the Malgosa Crest abrasion patch, at a location called the "Serpentine Rapids," using its SHERLOC WATSON camera. The image revealed white, black and, surprisingly, green-ish spots within the rock. While these rocks' composition remains a mystery, the unexpected find has scientists excited about what other hidden gems Perseverance might stumble across going forward.To acquire images from within the...
Hubble Spots Active Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium
NASA Space Technology Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing photo of the lens-shaped spiral galaxy IC 4709.IC 4709’s swirling disk filled with stars and dust bands is beautifully captured by Hubble, as is the faint halo surrounding it. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the near-infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through two filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Koss / A. Barth.IC 4709 is located approximately 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Telescopium.Otherwise known as ESO 182-14 or LEDA 61835, this galaxy has a diameter of 60,000 light-years.IC 4709...
Mars Specific Spots ‘Spiders’ at Outskirts of Martian ‘Inca Metropolis’
Top Stories Tamfitronics ESA’s Mars Specific spacecraft hang noticed the telltale traces of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar put of Mars.This portray of the Martian Inca Metropolis became captured by the Excessive Resolution Stereo Camera onboard ESA’s Mars Specific orbiter on February 27, 2024. Image credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin.“In scheme of being true spiders, the Martian ‘spiders’ create when spring sunshine falls on layers of carbon dioxide deposited over the dark winter months,” contributors of the Mars Specific team acknowledged.“The sunlight hours causes carbon dioxide ice at the bottom of the layer to expose into gas, which therefore builds up and breaks by slabs of overlying ice.”“The gas bursts free in Martian springtime, dragging dark materials as a lot as the bottom as it goes and shattering layers of ice as...
