Rover Operation

"NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Wednesday inaugurated its Rover Operations Center (ROC), a center of excellence for current and future surface missions to the Moon and Mars."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-jpl-unveils-rover-operations-center-for-moon-mars-missions/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=roc20251210

Mars Dust storms

"Scientists have theorized for decades that there could be lightning on Mars. And now, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally gathered direct evidence of electrical sparks in Martian dust storms and dust devils."https://earthsky.org/space/lightning-on-mars-dust-storms-dust-devils-perseverance-rover/?mc_cid=24eba3abfd&mc_eid=7fad6b6067

NASA sensor

"Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth’s surface some 60,000 feet below."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-nasa-sensor-goes-hunting-for-critical-minerals/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=aviris520251209

Webb broke record

"With this observation, Webb also broke its own record: The previous chart-topping supernova existed when the Universe was 1.8 billion years old."https://esawebb.org/news/weic2523/?lang

Cosmic Distances

"When we speak about the distance to cosmic objects — distant stars, galaxies, quasars, and more — we usually measure them in light-years."

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/alien-space-travel-speed-of-light/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newmemberships

Increasing Number of Satellites

"A new NASA-led study shows that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some orbiting telescopes and space observatories."

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/satellite-boom-growing-threat-space-telescopes-nasa-study/story?id=128114915?utm_source%3Djoin1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Lightening on Mars

"A NASA rover has recorded evidence of lightning on Mars for the first time, its microphone picking up the sounds of tiny "zaps" whipped up by the dust storms constantly sweeping across the planet."

https://www.purdueexponent.org/news/national/nasa-rover-records-first-evidence-of-lightning-on-mars/article_b0ed7f83-e212-5401-bb3e-3f7c623d9880.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4