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Mars mystery deepens: NASA rover stumbles upon rock with signs of possible life

Interesting Engineering 26 Jul 2024
SHERLOC detected organic or carbon-based molecules that are often linked with life in the rock ... “On the one hand, we have our first compelling detection of organic material, distinctive colorful spots ...
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Perseverance rover finds evidence that suggests ancient microbial life might have existed on Mars

CNN 26 Jul 2024
The robotic explorer came across a vein-filled red rock on July 18 that appears to be scattered with leopard spots. The mottling could indicate that ancient chemical reactions occurring within the rock once supported microbial organisms.
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NASA Says Its Rover Has Discovered a "Potential Biosignature" on Mars

Futurism 26 Jul 2024
Rock Opera ... After Perseverance picked up a veiny rock chunk on the edge of Mars' gigantic Jezero crater on July 21, its sensors detected organic compounds that could contain the building blocks for life.
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This Is How Humans Find Alien Life on Mars

The Atlantic 26 Jul 2024
... in an email that although “this is the most interesting rock that Perseverance has sampled,” she would like to see more evidence for the claim that the rover’s instruments detected organic materials.
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NASA discovers first

The Daily Mail 26 Jul 2024
'On the one hand, we have our first compelling detection of organic material, distinctive colorful spots indicative of chemical reactions that microbial life could use as an energy source, and clear ...
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Tributes paid to young diver by her family after she went missing swimming off the ...

The Daily Mail 26 Jul 2024
Yesterday, the police force said the young girl had not been found following her dive off Old Harry Rocks near Swanage ... Search teams around Old Harry Rocks, Dorset) ... Detective Chief Inspector Rachel Vallins of Dorset Police said.
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Sun Peak Metals Announces First Assay Results from 2024 Drill Program

ACCESSWIRE 25 Jul 2024
The VMS mineralized zone is hosted within chlorite altered, strongly foliated mafic volcanic rocks (See Figure 1) , that forms the hanging wall and the footwall rock units.
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Little Rock man reported missing after truck found abandoned in Newton County

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 21 Jul 2024
According to the release, a detective for the Little Rock Police Department investigating the Holmes' missing person case contacted the Newton County Sherrif's Office on July 19 after locating the Newton County entry for the impounded truck.
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Scientists Find Two Gases in Venus’ Clouds, Hinting at Possible Life

Greek Reporter 21 Jul 2024
Detection of ammonia in Venus’ clouds ... Scientists say the presence of ammonia on Venus cannot easily be explained by the planet’s atmosphere or rocks ... However, their detection will increase interest in the planet.
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Moon cave that could shelter astronauts found beneath the Sea of Tranquility

CNN 20 Jul 2024
The long, wide cave, found by reviewing archival NASA data, could be used to protect astronauts from harsh radiation and extreme temperature swings as well as provide a new avenue to study lunar rocks.
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North Little Rock officer fires gun during traffic stop

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 19 Jul 2024
A North Little Rock police officer fired a gun ... Detectives with the North Little Rock Police Department responded to the scene to conduct an investigation.
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Unprecedented discovery on Mars happened by accident

Oelwein Daily Register 19 Jul 2024
But where past detections have been of sulfur-based minerals — in other words, a mix of sulfur and other materials — the rock Curiosity recently cracked open is made of elemental, or pure, sulfur.
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Donald Trump Cannot Even Pretend to Change Who He Is

New York Magazine 19 Jul 2024
Photo ...Republicans who have observed and spoken with former President Donald Trump say they have detected a new softness to the man,” reported Politico, hilariously. “Almost dying rocks perspectives — and people,” speculated Axios ... Everybody was happy.
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NASA's Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock

Phys Dot Org 18 Jul 2024
But where past detections have been of sulfur-based minerals—in other words, a mix of sulfur and other materials—the rock Curiosity recently cracked open is made of elemental (pure) sulfur ... the rocks.
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