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entertainment18 hours ago•82 min saved

Mars Is a Home, Not a Frontier: For All Mankind Season 5 Probes Culture, Conflict and Reality

Season 5 of Apple TV+’s For All Mankind shifts the focus to Happy Valley, the Mars colony, two decades after its founding, exploring how Martian residents build a distinct culture with self-sufficiency (crops, distilleries, lab-grown meat) and how Earth–Mars tensions mirror colonial history. The show’s creators stress aiming for scientific accuracy, tie in real-life space developments, and expand a younger generation of characters, with the series slated to conclude with season 6.

via Space|

#apple-tv #entertainment #for-all-mankind

space2 days ago•4 min saved

Martian Spiderweb Clues Point to Longer-Lived Subsurface Water

NASA’s Curiosity rover captures close-up views of boxwork rock formations on Mount Sharp, revealing groundwater moved through Martian bedrock to form mineralized ridges and nodules, suggesting water persisted beneath the surface longer and through multiple climate phases, which informs Mars’ past habitability.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#boxwork #curiosity-rover #groundwater

science10 days ago•5 min saved

Nickel-Rich Rocks Hint Mars Could Harbor Ancient Life

Perseverance found nickel-rich rocks in Neretva Vallis (32 of 126 samples with nickel up to 1.1% by weight) often attached to iron-sulfide minerals and organic compounds, pointing to a water-influenced, reducing environment at Jezero Crater and making nickel potentially bioavailable for ancient Martian life, hinting at longer-lived habitable conditions.

via ScienceAlert|

#habitability #jezero-crater #mars

space-and-spaceflight11 days ago•15 min saved

Mars Gems: Tiny Ruby-Like Crystals Spotted by Perseverance

NASA’s Perseverance rover found minuscule, 0.2 mm grains of chromium-bearing corundum inside pebbles near the rim of Jezero Crater on Mars. Using the SuperCam laser, scientists observed luminescent signatures indicating ruby- or sapphire-like material, though exact composition remains uncertain. The crystals are thought to have been delivered by meteorite impacts rather than formed in situ, and their discovery suggests Mars could host other precious minerals. Findings were presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas.

via Gizmodo|

#corundum #mars #perseverance

science11 days ago•41 min saved

Loeb presses NASA on Martian cone; is it just a rock or could it be something else?

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb challenges NASA’s claim that a cone-shaped feature photographed by the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater is merely a rock, arguing the object could be about 20 cm and may be debris, while NASA says it’s a small (about 1 cm) wind-sculpted formation and suggests pareidolia; Loeb has urged NASA to show another similar rock in Curiosity images to back its interpretation.

via Yahoo|

#avi-loeb #but-we-only-need-five #curiosity-rover

science11 days ago•4 min saved

Jezero Rock Sparks Cautious Hopes of Ancient Martian Life

Perseverance detected two minerals, vivianite and greigite, in a Jezero Crater rock, a tantalizing but unproven biosignature that could indicate a past microbial ecosystem; abiotic processes could mimic such signals, so confirmation is essential. A Mars Sample Return would bring rocks to Earth for high-resolution analyses—NASA and partners are pursuing faster, cheaper routes to achieve this within a decade. If confirmed, it would be historic; even a null result would inform the conditions under which life could arise on Mars.

via Iowa Park Leader|

#biosignature #jezero-crater #mars

science12 days ago•36 min saved

NASA Dismisses ‘Party Hat’ Mars Rock as Wind-Sculpted, Not Debris

NASA says the cone-shaped “party hat” rock photographed by the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater in August 2022 is a wind-sculpted rock, not debris; the resemblance may be due to pareidolia, despite Avi Loeb’s suggestion that it could be human-made debris. The object measured about 1 cm and was photographed from roughly 13 feet away, with NASA noting Mars winds continue to shape rocks and citing other unusual Martian rocks captured by rovers.

via Yahoo|

#curiosity-rover #gale-crater #mars

science13 days ago•34 min saved

NASA: Mars 'Party Hat' Rock Is Wind-formed, Not Debris

NASA has identified the cone-shaped object photographed by the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater in August 2022 as likely a wind-shaped rock rather than human-made debris. NASA staff explained that Mars’ high-speed winds can sculpt rocks into unusual forms, and observers may have read a familiar shape (a phenomenon called pareidolia) into the rock, which measured about 1 centimeter and was photographed from roughly 13 feet away. The initial skepticism about a possible Man-made origin was amplified by Avi Loeb’s post, but NASA clarified the natural rock interpretation remains the most plausible.

via Yahoo News Canada|

#curiosity-rover #gale-crater #mars

science13 days ago•4 min saved

Tiny Martian Storms May Explain Mars’ Hidden Water Loss

A localized Martian Year 37 dust storm lifted water vapor into the middle atmosphere at levels up to ten times typical, with hydrogen at the exobase rising about 2.5×. This suggests small, regional storms contribute to Mars’s long-term water loss and challenges the idea that southern-summer global events were the main driver, using data from ExoMars TGO, MRO, and the Emirates Mars Mission.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#atmosphere #dust-storms #hydrogen-escape

science14 days ago•3 min saved

Ancient Martian Delta Detected Beneath Jezero Crater by Perseverance Radar

NASA’s Perseverance rover, using the RIMFAX ground-penetrating radar, uncovered buried, ancient river delta deposits beneath Jezero Crater dating to about 3.7–4.2 billion years ago—one of the oldest indicators of past liquid water on Mars and a crucial clue to the planet’s early habitability.

via Dawn|

#delta #mars #perseverance

space14 days ago•3 min saved

Hidden Mantle Plume Could Be Nudging Mars to Spin Faster

NASA’s InSight data, compared with Viking measurements, indicate Mars’s day is shortening slightly over time; Delft University researchers propose a buried, buoyant mantle plume—an equatorial negative mass anomaly—that could push lighter material upward while denser material moves downward, speeding Mars’ rotation and potentially triggering volcanism, a finding that points to a more active interior and strengthens the case for a dedicated gravity mission to study Mars’ interior.

via Futurism|

#insight #mantle-plume #mars

space14 days ago•3 min saved

Three-Sided Mars Pyramid Debunked as Natural Formation, Not Alien Monument

A three-sided, pyramid-like feature in Mars’ Candor Chasma sparked alien- civilization theories, but scientists say it’s a natural wind-eroded mound within the canyon, not evidence of ancient artifacts or intelligent design.

via Futurism|

#conspiracy-theories #geology #mars

television15 days ago•17 min saved

For All Mankind Season 5 Reframes Mars as Home and Sets Up a Grand Finale

io9 editors speak with showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi about Season 5, a generational turning point set in the 2010s that shifts the focus to Mars as a home, introduces new characters and three generations of Baldwin-era families, and tees up Space exploration beyond Mars while laying groundwork for the sixth and final season arriving in 2027.

via Gizmodo|

#appletv #forallmankind #mars

television15 days ago•1 min saved

For All Mankind Season 5 Keeps Tech in Check as Humans Reach Mars

Season 5 of For All Mankind on Apple TV+ expands the alt-history space race to Mars, presenting a utopian, human-centered vision where tech advances aid life without dominating people.

via The New York Times|

#apple-tv #for-all-mankind #mars

space15 days ago•4 min saved

Mice on the ISS Map a Path to Keeping Humans Fit on Mars

Researchers aboard the ISS exposed 24 mice to varying gravity levels (microgravity, 0.33 g, 0.67 g, and 1 g) to mimic Mars’ gravity, uncovering muscle changes and blood biomarkers that could help monitor astronauts’ muscle health on long Mars missions.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#biomarkers #gravity #mars