NASA has sent numerous robotic explorers to Mars over the years, examining samples and surveying the fascinating geology of the red planet. Still, we could learn much more with Mars samples to examine in detail here on Earth. The recently launched Perseverance rover will lay the groundwork by collecting samples for return to our planet. NASA has now announced it will work with the European Space Agency (ESA) to get those samples back to Earth, but it won’t be cheap. Perseverance, previously known as Mars 2020, borrows heavily from the Curiosity rover’s wildly successful design. When it lands on Mars early next year, Perseverance will begin scouring the planet for evidence of life.
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Every that falls to Earth is a potential window into the origins of the solar system, but scientists have stumbled upon something quite strange when studying a fragment of the Almahata Sitta asteroid. It contains evidence of a huge, previously unknown object in our solar system — perhaps a long since destroyed dwarf planet. The Almahata Sitta asteroid collection consists of about 600 fragments, all of which rained down on Sudan in 2008 when the space rock known as 2008 TC3 exploded. This was the first-ever asteroid impact correctly predicted by scientists, giving teams on the ground the chance to swoop in and collect a great deal of material from the 4-meter (13-foot) object.
As the weather gets colder, it’s driving more social gatherings indoors and leading to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Depending on where you live, the long days of summer and its warm weather are either long gone or rapidly disappearing. In our case, we’re used to moving the party inside as the sun went down and things got chilly. Now that that’s no longer a good option, we started trying to make our outdoor space more conducive to the cold and dark. Fortunately, we found plenty of tech solutions to help us continue to entertain outside. We’ll take you through some of those that we’ve found most useful.
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Here’s to a healthier 2021! 2020 has been a very difficult year for all of us, as our way of life has completely changed. We’re all hopeful that the coming year will be brighter, and there are certain things we can all do to ensure a better 2021. No matter where you live, we’ve all been touched . It’s been tough on our mental health, and with many gyms closed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, it’s also been tough on us physically. No matter what 2021 brings, making sure we stay healthy is a positive step we can all take.
Jupiter and Saturn, our solar system’s two largest worlds, have been drawing ever closer to each other in the sky in recent months as seen from our Earthly vantage, an event that has come to be known as a great conjunction. The two planets will appear closest together on Monday, December 21, the day of the Winter Solstice, when—depending on your eyesight—they may seem to briefly merge into a single bright point of light before drawing apart again. The last time they appeared this close together was in Galileo’s time, but because the two planets were near their conjunction with the Sun and would have been lost in bright twilight, there is no record of anyone having seen the event.
For years, satellite internet has been a last resort for people living in remote areas. SpaceX has made waves offering its new Starlink service to select regions with much higher speeds than traditional satellite connections — testers are reporting as much as 150Mbps down. Amazon thinks it can do better with its new antenna technology. The company says its prototype for satellite internet is , but we don’t know when consumers will be able to put it to the test. You’ve probably heard from people stuck with satellite internet from companies like HughesNet and Viasat. Most likely, they were not happy with the multi-second latency and anemic speeds, but it’s better than nothing.
Christmas is nearly here, and now for a limited time you can get one of Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops equipped with the company’s revolutionary M1 chip with a $50 discount. This is the first discount we’ve seen on the new MacBook Pro, and it’s an excellent time to upgrade. If you hurry, you may also be able to get it in time for Christmas. Apple’s latest MacBook Pro comes equipped with Apple’s new M1 SoC, which contains an 8-core processor that’s reportedly 3.5 times faster than the hardware inside of the preceding model. Apple said the system can also last for up to 20 hours on a single charge, giving you all the power you need to work from sunrise to sunset.
