Tagged: space

Perseverance rover arrives at ancient Mars river delta

Perseverance’s search for Mars life might strike gold here. NASA’s life-hunting Perseverance Mars rover just reached a big mission milestone. Perseverance has arrived safely at the remains of an ancient Red Planet river delta on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, NASA...

Another solar temper tantrum sends a strong X-class flare toward Earth

Will auroras follow? Aurora watchers, it’s your lucky month. For the second time in days, the sun hurled a large, X-class flare at Earth overnight Tuesday (April 19) and Wednesday (April 20), reportedly causing radio blackouts in Australia, the Western Pacific and eastern Asia. SpaceWeather.com...