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NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
An assessment in September 2023 also found more bad news: Because of the complicated architecture of the plan, NASA would likely not be able to return Perseverance's samples to Earth until 2040 ...
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NASA scrapped its $11 billion scheme to grab Mars rocks that may point to alien life. Now it has a faster, cheaper plan.
After a series of delays, the cost ballooned to $11 billion and the samples wouldn't be landing on Earth until 2040. So Nelson scrapped that plan in April and called for new proposals from outside ...
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Earth's magnetic north pole is skittering wildly across the Arctic. By 2040, our compasses 'will point eastward of true North,' an expert says.
"By 2040, all compasses will probably point eastward of true north," Beggan said, adding that magnetic north's march toward northern Russia is far from over. Earth's magnetic field is a sheath of ...