sand dunes
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It’s Windy Enough on Venus and Pluto to Create Sand Dunes, if You’re Keen on Some Out-Of-This-World Chafing
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn’s moon Titan? This curiosity has driven advances in space exploration since Sputnik 1 was launched 65 years ago. But we’re only beginning to scratch the surface of what is knowable about other…
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For The First Time Ever, A Rover Has Ventured Onto A Martian Sand Dune
NASA’s Curiosity rover has boldly gone where no robotic probe has gone before: a Martian sand dune.