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Archive for February 9th, 2021

On This Day in Space! Feb. 9, 1913: Great meteor procession of 1913

February 9th, 2021 by

On Feb. 9, 1913, hundreds of fireball meteors rained down on North America for no apparent reason. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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Elon Musk, X Prize unveil $100 million carbon-capture contest

February 9th, 2021 by

Elon Musk is funding a new Carbon Removal X Prize to the tune of $100 million — the richest incentive prize in history.

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UAE’s Hope probe arrives at Mars today! Here’s how to watch.

February 9th, 2021 by

The first Emirati mission to Mars will attempt to slip into orbit around the Red Planet on Tuesday (Feb. 9) — here’s how you can watch it live.

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This new map of ice on Mars could guide future astronauts

February 9th, 2021 by

Large swaths of the Martian mid-latitudes show evidence of buried but accessible water ice, a new study reports.

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Huge antenna ready to support China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission

February 9th, 2021 by

The giant ground station on Earth is standing by as the Tianwen-1 spacecraft nears Mars.

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