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Glaciers on Mars could help astronauts survive on the planet

June 02, 2021 -

The researchers detailed their findings in a paper, which was published May 1 in the journal Icarus.

"What I think makes Arcadia Planitia a good destination for future human space flight and resource utilization is its flat topography for safe landing along with an abundance of near-surface ice at relatively low latitudes for human use," said Shannon Hibbard, a doctoral candidate at the University of Western Ontario in Canada and the lead author of the study.Peculiar ...

China’s Mars rover may have stumbled across a lost ancient ocean on the Red Planet

November 12, 2024 -

China's Mars rover Zhurong, which landed on the Red Planet in May 2021, has reportedly discovered evidence of the ocean’s existence while exploring a sector in the southern portion of the Utopia Planitia region, which covers most of Mars' northern hemisphere.

The rover may have discovered the border of the ocean's coastline. Zhurong's latest findings were recently published in the academic journal Nature.

The researchers who authored the study claim that the ancient ...

Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer warns against the “invisible coup” of Chinese birth tourism

2 months ago -

A new book by investigative journalist Peter Schweizer claims that more than one million people born in the United States to Chinese parents as part of "birth tourism" could soon become eligible to vote in American elections.

In his book titled "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon," Schweizer, a senior contributor to Breitbart News and a New York Times bestselling author, argues that Chinese elites ...

Fracking in America leading to possible mass heavy metal contamination

November 01, 2016 -

That said, there is at least some emerging data indicating that the production of one material used in the process – frac sand, as it is known – may be contaminated with heavy metals, which can be toxic in high amounts.

As reported by Wisconsin Public Radio, three years ago water samples taken from ponds at frac sand mines in the state showed concentrations of heavy metals that were many times higher than state groundwater recommendation standards (see how frac sand ...

Fracking in America leading to possible mass heavy metal contamination

November 01, 2016 -

That said, there is at least some emerging data indicating that the production of one material used in the process – frac sand, as it is known – may be contaminated with heavy metals, which can be toxic in high amounts.

As reported by Wisconsin Public Radio, three years ago water samples taken from ponds at frac sand mines in the state showed concentrations of heavy metals that were many times higher than state groundwater recommendation standards (see how frac sand ...

SCIENCE CON: NASA claims it will seek life on Mars in 2020 mission, but it already covered up proof of life from the 1976 Viking mission

August 29, 2017 -

NASA's upcoming Mars mission scheduled to launch in the July/August 2020 time frame will use X-ray fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy in its quest to detect biosignatures on rocks.

According to one expert, "these new techniques enable exploration of the planet Mars at telescopic to microscopic scales -- from a mountain to a grain of sand," ScienceDaily explained. The mission will also compile time capsules of a kind, with the gathering of rock and sediment samples which ...

Liquid water on Pluto? Gases trapped in a layer of ice could be what keeps an underground ocean from freezing, report researchers

November 30, 2019 -

Images taken by NASA's New Horizons probe showed the Sputnik Planitia region near the dwarf planet's equator back in 2015. Hints of an underground ocean come from readings that showed mountain ranges, glaciers, icy volcanoes and fissures on Pluto's surface, suggesting that something is ripping its crust apart, such as a freezing ocean underneath.

However, Pluto's crust in this region is thinner in some areas than others, which scientists believe would only make sense ...

Mars surface discovered to have been flooded by water … regions captured in photographs

April 01, 2017 -

"Following our work in Namibia, we hypothesise that on Mars, similar arcuate striations exposed on the surface between dunes are also indications of fluctuating levels of salty groundwater, during a time when dunes were actively migrating down the valley. These findings are hugely significant. Firstly, the Martian sand dunes show evidence that water may have been active near Mars' equator -- potentially in the not-too-distant past. And secondly, this location is now a potential ...

China’s Mars rover finds proof of LIQUID WATER on the Red Planet

May 05, 2023 -

A paper published April 28 in Science Advances elaborated on the rover's discovery, noting that it found signs of liquid water at sand dunes located at low latitudes. These dunes pointed toward the planet's equator and away from its poles.

Since landing in Mars' northern hemisphere in May 2021, the Zhurong rover has traveled to four crescent-shaped dunes in the Utopia Planitia area to examine their surface composition. The dunes located close to each other are coated with ...

Group of Organized Retail Crime (ORC) thieves targeting luxury retail stores in California

August 30, 2023 -

The first one happened on July 10, with surveillance footage showing several men and women entering the store and making a bee line for the handbag and accessories section. Their actions were swift and coordinated, as they violently seized bags from display shelves and even tore purses from security lock devices. The thieves fled the scene in a getaway vehicle.

On August 14, the same store was hit again. Two men were caught on camera leaving the store, calmly ...

Mars mystery solved: Scientists identify mineral that rewrites planet’s volcanic history

September 30, 2025 -

For 15 years, planetary scientists have been baffled by an unusual mineral signature on Mars—one that didn’t match anything found on Earth. Now, researchers have cracked the case, identifying the substance as ferric hydroxysulfate, an iron-based compound that forms only under specific high-heat conditions.

The discovery, published in Nature Communications, suggests Mars remained geologically active far longer than previously believed, with volcanic ...

Water vapor detected on Mars can help answer whether the Red Planet was once habitable

February 13, 2021 -

The researchers made the discovery using an instrument called the Nadir and Occultation for Mars Discovery (NOMAD), which is aboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter jointly operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos.

By analyzing light passing through the Martian atmosphere, the team detected water vapor in the form of hydrogen chloride – a substance that had never been observed there prior to the detection. This finding could offer valuable insights ...

A new kind of national security threat: Surrogacy and the making of American-born dynasties

December 18, 2025 -

In the confidential setting of a Los Angeles courtroom, a pattern emerged that alarmed family court officials: a single Chinese billionaire was repeatedly petitioning for parental rights to children he had never met, born to American surrogate mothers. This case, involving video game magnate Xu Bo, who has publicly acknowledged fathering over one hundred U.S.-born children, exposes a burgeoning and largely unregulated phenomenon. Wealthy foreign nationals, ...

CDC data: Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships reach 10-year high

July 18, 2023 -

The year is just halfway over and yet 13 norovirus outbreaks have been reported on cruises so far in 2023 – marking the largest number of norovirus incidents on these vessels in a single year since 2012, according to reports from the Vessel Sanitation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC reports outbreaks when two percent or more of passengers or crew report symptoms of gastrointestinal illness to the ship’s medical staff. Vessels are ...