Mars

  • SpaceX launches Starship’s 6th test flight

    SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Tuesday. Starship took off from the company’s Starbase facility near Brownsville in the U.S. state of Texas at about 4:01 p.m. Central Time. Starship’s Raptor engines ignited during hot-staging separation. Several minutes after liftoff, the Super Heavy booster initiated its landing burn and…

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  • Mars to buy owner of Pringles in deal worth nearly $30bn

    Mars is buying the food company Kellanova in a deal worth nearly $30bn (£23.3bn).  The deal will see the business, which already owns several brands such as M&M’s, Snickers and Skittles, take control of a huge portfolio of products, including Pringles, Pop Tarts and Cheez-Its. Kellanova was created when the Kellogg Co split into three…

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  • New discovery by NASA rover suggests microbial life on Mars

    NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has discovered a spotty, arrowhead-shaped rock with features that could hint at microbial life billions of years ago on Mars. During its exploration on July 21 of Neretva Vallis, an ancient river valley on Mars, the Perseverance rover encountered a captivating rock known as “Cheyava Falls.” The Perseverance science team analyzed…

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  • Elon Musk’s gf Grimes says she can’t wait to ‘die on Mars’

    The 33-year-old previously voiced plans to head to Mars when she approaches retirement age, claiming she will accomplish this whatever it takes, even if it requires her to work “manually until death”. Tech mogul Elon Musk’s girlfriend, Canadian singer Grimes, appears to share his burning passion for the Red Planet, going as far as announcing…

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  • Mars travelers told not to forget their red wine

    A new study suggests that future travelers to Mars may want to consider packing a few boxes of red wine. Or, more practically, supplements of a compound found in red wine that can help keep muscles from withering away, per a release at Eureka Alert. Harvard researchers make the assertion in a NASA-funded study at Frontiers in…

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