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For the first time in more than four decades, humanity has brought moon rocks down to Earth.A capsule loaded with lunar dirt and gravel landed in Inner Mongolia today (Dec. 16) at 12:59 p.m. EST (1759 GMT), capping China’s historic and whirlwind Chang’e 5 mission. The Chang’e 5 samples should provide a new window into…

Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice

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Researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, with slopes as steep as 55 degrees, reveal new information about the internal layered structure of previously detected underground ice sheets in Mars’ middle latitudes. Credit NASA

Daily Archives: 16 December 2020

China’s Chang’e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years

Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice