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NASA's Perseverance rover streaks toward a landing on Mars

February 20, 2021

A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on…

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Million-year-old Siberian mammoth DNA breaks record for oldest sequenced

February 20, 2021

Scientists have made one mammoth discovery – literally. The oldest DNA ever sequenced – more than 1 million years – has been extracted from three mammoth teeth that had been excavated from Siberian…

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Mount Etna in Italy erupts twice in 48 hours, photos show

February 20, 2021

Teams in Italy worked to clean up the area surrounding Mount Etna Wednesday after the volcano spewed lava, ash and volcanic stones. Municipal teams largely anticipated activity from Etna, Europe’s most active…

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How NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars

February 20, 2021

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance will make its descent onto the red planet on Thursday, but there are a few hurdles to cross before it can land.  The 2,260-pound rover — partly named in recognition of health…

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NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

February 20, 2021

NASA has unveiled the first pictures from its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, after a successful landing on the red planet’s Jezero crater at approximately 3:55 p.m. Thursday. “This landing is one of those pivotal moments for NASA,…

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'Building blocks of life exist' on Mars, former NASA administrator confirms

February 20, 2021

“The building blocks of life exist all over Mars,” former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told “Your World” Thursday as the Perseverance rover successfully landed on the Red Planet.  “Just in the last two years, Neil, we have discovered that Mars is…

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First clone of US endangered species announced

February 20, 2021

Scientists announced the first successful cloning of a U.S. endangered species: a black-footed ferret. The animal, named Elizabeth Ann, was born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday. Willa, the ferret who served as…

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Here's how NASA's Perseverance rover will search for life on Mars

February 20, 2021

Now that NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, it can begin the next steps of its mission.  Perseverance — affectionately known as “Percy” — will search for…

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NASA releases new images of Perseverance, surface of Mars

February 20, 2021

NASA’s Perseverance team has already begun its work from Mars’ surface and released incredible images on Friday taken from the rover.  In a news conference, experts said they could only hope the…

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