In The News: Department of Geoscience
More than half a century after Neil Armstrong took mankind’s giant leap on the moon, another space race is heating up. This time, the promising new frontier for Earthlings is Mars, the planet next door.
One of the fondest dreams and top priorities of space science for years has been to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth to study in the kind of depth possible only in a cutting-edge laboratory.
One local lawmaker wants to take federally protected land on the eastside of the Las Vegas Valley near Henderson and step up conservation and recreation there to create something akin to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
The Franco-Swiss of Valaisan origin works on Martian meteorites. "I am focusing on the magmatic minerals that we will be able to find in the Jezero crater, where Perseverance landed. The goal is to understand the evolution of the interior of Mars", she explains Tuesday in La Matinale.
Prioritising water governance and ensuring data collection and investment in groundwater use around the world are some of the key issues that need to be addressed with regards to achieving development goals.
Vast amounts of ancient Martian water may have been buried beneath its surface instead of escaping into space, scientists report in the journal Science. The findings, published Tuesday, may help untangle a clash of theories seeking to explain the disappearance of Mars’ water, a resource that was abundant on the planet’s surface billions of years ago.
Demand for platinum is set to total 7.9Moz in 2021, resulting in a market deficit of 60,000oz.
For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.
For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.
For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.
With the safe landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover Thursday afternoon on the surface of Mars, two scientists at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý will get to take part in the ultimate in distance learning, as members of the NASA team hoping to answer the question, is there, or has there been life on the red planet.
With the safe landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover Thursday afternoon on the surface of Mars, two scientists at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý will get to take part in the ultimate in distance learning, as members of the NASA team hoping to answer the question, is there, or has there been life on the red planet.