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“The form of #carbon detected, known as #macromolecularcarbon or #MMC, can originate from living #organisms. #Geological processes can also produce the material, meaning its detection does not amount to proof of past #Martian life.” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Nasa rover detects potential s... -
Tiny little butte in the middle of the valley, captured in Stereo3D just 4 hours ago by Curiosity
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#Mars June 1, 2026 - Sol 4912
#Curiosity #rover #Sol4912 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy
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Tiny little butte in the middle of the valley, captured in Stereo3D just 4 hours ago by Curiosity
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#Mars June 1, 2026 - Sol 4912
#Curiosity #rover #Sol4912 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy
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Mars Fungi Could Make Red Planet Regolith Fertile for Crops
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=mars-fungi-could-make-red-planet-regolith-fertile-for-crops
Latest: <p>You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars
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Mars Fungi Could Make Red Planet Regolith Fertile for Crops
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=mars-fungi-could-make-red-planet-regolith-fertile-for-crops
Latest: <p>You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars
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Curiosity U-turned and is offering a new angle on the Atacama crime scene 🔍
Credit image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Interactive map and viewing app: https://marslife.org/#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4891 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #mosaic #photography #crime #crimescene #news #MarsLife
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NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drill
This mosaic is made up of eight images stitched together. The color has been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth.
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #news
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#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
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#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
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#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
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#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
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#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
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A much awaited blog post on the Martian drama that unfolded in Gale Crater these past few days!
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #news
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock
This series of images shows Mars rover Curiosity as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and running the drill a few times, finally detached the rock.
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-curiosity-rover-frees-its-drill-from-a-rock/
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #news
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In anticipation of #StarWarsDay, Curiosity fired her laser at the area freshly exposed by the uplifting and removal of the rock!
#Mars May 3, 2026 - Sol 4884
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/IRAP/IAS/LPG#Curiosity #MayThe4th #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4884 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #photography #laser #ChemCam #news #MayTheFourth #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou
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In anticipation of #StarWarsDay, Curiosity fired her laser at the area freshly exposed by the uplifting and removal of the rock!
#Mars May 3, 2026 - Sol 4884
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/IRAP/IAS/LPG#Curiosity #MayThe4th #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4884 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #photography #laser #ChemCam #news #MayTheFourth #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou
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Closeups of the action captured by Mastcam
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4883 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #mastcam #photography #news
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A stitching of two navcam images showing the full crime scene: the broken rock and its footprint.
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4883 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #mosaic #photography #crime #crimescene #news
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🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
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🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
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🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
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🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
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🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
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Mastcam imagery of the infamous Atacama drill target before and after uplifting, with zooms on the excavated area.
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4881 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #Mastcam #mosaic #photography
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🛰️ New paper by Němec et al.: After analyzing ~10 years of #MAVEN wave data, the authors report a #lightning-like electromagnetic #whistler signal in the #Martian #ionosphere. Its frequency dispersion matches theoretical propagation through #Mars’ ionosphere and crustal magnetic fields, suggesting that electrical discharges may occur in the Martian #atmosphere.
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🛰️ New paper by Němec et al.: After analyzing ~10 years of #MAVEN wave data, the authors report a #lightning-like electromagnetic #whistler signal in the #Martian #ionosphere. Its frequency dispersion matches theoretical propagation through #Mars’ ionosphere and crustal magnetic fields, suggesting that electrical discharges may occur in the Martian #atmosphere.
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Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.
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We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life formsIt is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf -
We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life formsIt is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf -
We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life formsIt is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf -
We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life formsIt is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf -
We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴
• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life formsIt is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf -
It may be feasible to fabricate tiny reflective #nanorods from iron and aluminum found in the #Martian soil and launch them into the #atmosphere. “The interaction of those particles with the incoming sunlight ☀️ would then cause that solar energy to be preferentially forward scattered to the surface. That would then cause a very strong #greenhouse effect, and we can warm it up several tens of degrees.” 🌡️ https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-planetary-scientists-expertise-informs-new-method-for-terraforming-mars/
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It may be feasible to fabricate tiny reflective #nanorods from iron and aluminum found in the #Martian soil and launch them into the #atmosphere. “The interaction of those particles with the incoming sunlight ☀️ would then cause that solar energy to be preferentially forward scattered to the surface. That would then cause a very strong #greenhouse effect, and we can warm it up several tens of degrees.” 🌡️ https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-planetary-scientists-expertise-informs-new-method-for-terraforming-mars/
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Do indigenous #Martian 🔴 bacteria have precedence over human exploration ? https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf
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Do indigenous #Martian 🔴 bacteria have precedence over human exploration ? https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf
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Stereo3D view captured yesterday by Curiosity
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.
#Mars Feb. 28, 2026 - Sol 4822
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech#Curiosity #rover #Sol4822 #Boxwork #BoxworkStructures #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy #shadow #photography #shadowphotography
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Stereo3D view captured yesterday by Curiosity
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.
#Mars Feb. 28, 2026 - Sol 4822
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech#Curiosity #rover #Sol4822 #Boxwork #BoxworkStructures #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy #shadow #photography #shadowphotography
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Scientists have speculated about the possibility of introducing #Chroococcidiopsis 🦠 to the #Martian 🔴 environment to aid in the formation of an aerobic environment. In addition to #oxygen production, Chroococcidiopsis could aid in the formation of #soil on the Martian surface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroococcidiopsis#Mars_colonization
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Scientists have speculated about the possibility of introducing #Chroococcidiopsis 🦠 to the #Martian 🔴 environment to aid in the formation of an aerobic environment. In addition to #oxygen production, Chroococcidiopsis could aid in the formation of #soil on the Martian surface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroococcidiopsis#Mars_colonization
