Mysterious Marsquakes detected by Nasa s Insight lander in area of Red Planet where volcanic activity and landslides have been spotted
Mystery rumblings from Mars picked up by Nasa s Insight - an unmanned lander which arrived on the planet in November 2018
The quakes occurred almost exactly one Martian year - or two Earth years - after two previous quakes were detected in the same area
The Cerberus Fossae region is thought to be a center of volcanic activity, and in 2019 a landslide was detected there
Mars doesn t have tectonic plates like Earth, and so the causes of the quakes are the subject of ongoing research
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At first glance at this image, you d be forgiven for mistaking it as a still from the latest science fiction blockbuster.
But the photo is very much real, and was snapped by NASA s Curiosity Mars rover this week.
The selfie shows the rover alongside a rock formation dubbed Mont Mercou , a nickname taken from a mountain in France.
And while the photo is impressive on its own, it was actually taken to celebrate Curiosity s 30th sample to date, after the rover drilled a hole at a nearby rock sample nicknamed Nontron.
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The selfie shows the rover alongside a rock formation dubbed Mont Mercou , a nickname taken from a mountain in France
Mars: NASA rover Perseverance completes first drive
Moving a few meters back and forth, the short trip was a mobility test for the Perseverance rover. It comes just two weeks after touching down on the red planet.
During its first test drive on Mars, Perseverance made several images of its wheels rolling through a Martian landscape
The Perseverance rover hit a new milestone this week, taking its first test drive on the red planet, NASA announced on Friday.
The Mars rover ventured drove 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes, the US space agency said.
In total, the six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe moved forward 4 meters, turned in place to the left and then backed up another 2.5 meters to park temporarily.
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