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Purple lights on the red planet: NASA's MAVEN captures aurora on Mars
The display of purple lights on Mars stunned many people. “The brighter the purple, the more auroras were present” informed NASA.
Published on Jun 18, 2024 05:11 PM IST
Vrinda Jain
A year on Red Planet: Meet the scientist set to step into Martian habitat
Participants will face equipment failures and water limitations, the space agency has warned -- as well as some "surprises," according to Haston.
Published on May 27, 2023 10:36 AM IST
AFP |
Sound on! NASA lander captures impact as space rocks hit Mars. Then a question
InSight lander has caught the impact of Marsquakes. This is as interesting as it gets.
Published on Sep 20, 2022 06:17 AM IST
Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Mars' core, measured on seismic waves, found to be 'surprisingly' large and thin
Among other things, the InSight probe has revealed that Mars has an unexpectedly large core, with a whopping 1,830km (give or take 40km) radius -- just over half of the planet’s radius.
Published on Jul 23, 2021 01:43 PM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos
Zhurong, named after a mythical Chinese fire god, arrived a few months behind the United States' latest probe to Mars -- Perseverance -- and has been celebrated in China as a milestone in its ascent to space superpower status.
Published on May 20, 2021 06:09 AM IST
AFP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh