space science
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Here’s the Last Selfie From the Fading InSight Mars Lander
The dust-covered probe will focus on collecting data during its final months on Mars.
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Plants Can Grow in Lunar Soil — but They Hate It
For the first time ever, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil returned from the Apollo missions. But given the degree of stress seen in these plants, it’s unlikely we’ll be farming on the Moon anytime soon.
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InSight Mars Lander Records Largest Marsquakes Yet
Researchers studying seismic wave data from NASA’s InSight Lander have reported the planet’s largest ‘marsquakes’ yet, at magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.1. According to a NASA release, the larger quake was five times as energetic as the previous record-holder, a magnitude 3.7 event detected in 2019.
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The Webb Telescope Is Almost Fully Aligned
The Webb Space Telescope is in its final (seventh) stage of alignment, bringing the superlative spacecraft tantalizingly close to commencing its scientific operations.