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  1. Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet
    #curiosity #crystals #martian #sulfur

  2. “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...

  3. “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...

  4. “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...

  5. 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 forms

    It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
    #RobertZubrin 2002
    marspapers.org/paper/McKay_200

    #Terraforming #Mars

  6. 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.” 🌡️ ucf.edu/news/ucf-planetary-sci

    #Mars #Terraforming #UCF

  7. 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 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroococ

    #Mars #terraforming

  8. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    #Artemis 🌙 🇺🇸
    #Starship refueling ⛽, catch 🦾
    #BlueMoon 🌙
    #Neutron 🚀
    #Nova 🚀
    #Mengzhou ♻️🇨🇳
    #Zhuque3 ♻️️🇨🇳
    • Roman #SpaceTelescope 🔭🇺🇸
    #ChangE7
    #Spectrum, #RFA One, #Miura5 🇪🇺🚀
    #TerranR 🚀
    #Eclipse 🚀
    #NovaC 🌙
    #BlueGhost 🌙
    #Astroscale refueler ⛽
    #Plato exoplanets 🔭🇪🇺
    #Gaganyaan 🚀🇮🇳
    #Martian Moons Exploration 🛰️ 🇯🇵

    #NASA #ESA #CASC #ISRO #JAXA #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #RocketLab #StokeSpace #LandSpace #Vast #RelativitySpace #Firefly #NorthropGrumman #IntuitiveMachines #Astroscale

  9. #PhotoOfTheDay: A #BerryBowl of #Martian #Spherules

    Thousands of unusual gray spherules made of iron and rock and dubbed blueberries were found embedded in and surrounding rocks near the landing site of the robot Opportunity rover on Mars in 2004.

    apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250622.ht

  10. This maze is an element of the calibration target for SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals) which also include some spacesuit materials and a slice of a Martian meteorite, check this out!
    jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia24261-s

    #Mars #Perseverance #Sol1147 #rover #PerseveranceRover #space #SHERLOC #calibration #target #Martian #maze #spacesuit #meteroite #Astrodon #science #engineering #STEM

  11. focusing on the labyrinth of Martian raw images...

    From a sequence of images acquired yesterday, May 12, 2024 (Sol 1147), by the Perseverance rover.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #Mars #Perseverance #Sol1147 #rover #PerseveranceRover #space #SHERLOC #calibration #target #Martian #labyrinth #raw #images #Astrodon #science #engineering #STEM

  12. #MarsCuriosity rover’s ‘postcard’ of #MarkerBandValley.

    The #Curiosity team released a beautiful new image of #Martian morning and afternoon. An artistic interpretation of the landscape unveils the enigmatic beauty of #Mars, capturing the essence of a world beyond our reach.

    More information: mars.nasa.gov/news/9415/nasas-

    #SpaceMastodon #Space #AstronomyMastodon #Astrodon #Astronomy #ScienceMastodon #Science #Rovers