Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Perseverance rover chokes on Mars pebbles while collecting rock sample

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January 11, 2022
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Perseverance rover chokes on Mars pebbles while collecting 6th rock sample
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has some rocks stuck in its throat. Perseverance drilled and collected its sixth Red Planet rock sample late last month, but the car-sized rover hasn't been able to seal up the titanium tube containing the material yet.
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Monster black hole gobbled up a star in the 1980s. High schoolers helped discover it
(Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Astronomers have found evidence of a black hole snacking on a star in data gathered back in the 1980s, according to new research.
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Moon 'mystery hut' is just a rabbit-shaped rock, Chinese rover finds
(OurSpace/CNSA)
China's Yutu 2 rover has reached the so-called "mystery hut" on the far side of the moon that attracted widespread attention last month - but don't get too excited.
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Spaceflight
Powerful European Earth-observation satellite suffers anomaly in orbit
(ESA)
One of humanity's most powerful Earth-observing satellites is having some problems in orbit. Sentinel-1b hasn't beamed any data home since Dec. 23.
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A 'rogue asteroid field' almost delays the Valoria 3 analog Mars mission
(MICHAELA MUSILOVA/HI-SEAS)
The Valoria 3 crew almost didn't make it to 'Mars' at the HI-SEAS habitat because of a 'rogue asteroid field' - aka a wildfire in Hawaii.
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Science & Astronomy
NASA's newly launched X-ray space telescope is ready to start observing the cosmos
(NASA)
NASA's newest space observatory, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, is set to begin spying on some of the universe's most dramatic objects - black holes and neutron stars.
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Satellites reveal record high methane concentrations despite reduction pledges
(NASA)
The annual increase in atmospheric concentrations of potent greenhouse gas methane has doubled in recent years.
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Stars might be forming much faster than expected, new study suggests
(NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)))
China's FAST super telescope has made a surprising find about interstellar magnetic fields.
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Technology
China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun
(VCG via Getty Images)
China's "artificial sun" has set a new world record after superheating a loop of plasma to temperatures five times hotter than the sun for more than 17 minutes.
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Drone discount: Save $52 on the Holy Stone HS720 on Amazon
(Amazon)
Amazon is offering a whopping $52 off the Holy Stone HS720, a great drone for video and photo capture that's also ideal for inexperienced flyers.
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Skywatching
Should Disney reboot Alien vs. Predator?
(20th Century Fox)
A reboot of Alien vs. Predator, one of the most profitable transmedia sci-fi crossovers ever, might just be the next big film that Disney is looking for.
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