A rock on Mars, which will be Perseverance’s first scientific focus, was dubbed Máaz by NASA. Máaz is the Navajo word for Mars and one of several Navajo words to be used to name landmarks on the planet.
SpaceX successfully launched 60 satellites for its upcoming Starlink internet service. The deployment was the ninth launch for the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites, setting a new rocket reuse record.
The biggest sandstorm in 10 years hit Beijing. The dust turned the sky orange and made the air dangerous to breathe.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo made progress on autonomous, AI-powered exoskeletons which could help wearers climb stairs and avoid obstacles without having to use manual controls.
Geologists from the University of Leeds found evidence that primordial lightning strikes were as important as meteorites in sparking life on Earth. They found high levels of a phosphorous mineral important to life in a sample of fulgurite, which is formed by lightning strikes.
Scientists from New York University found that birds breathe more efficiently than other animals thanks to their looped lungs, which allow for one-way air flow — as demonstrated by the “spherical chicken.”
Israeli conservators finished preservation work on 2,000-year-old Biblical scroll fragments they say are the most significant find since the Dead Sea Scrolls.
An international team of scientists completed the first study of Jupiter’s “dawn storm” auroras from start to finish, finding that they move in a way similar to substorm auroras on Earth.
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