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An Unusual Hole in Mars

By |2025-04-13T09:09:08-04:00April 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice. The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100 meters, and seems to [...]

The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas

By |2024-11-11T08:09:09-05:00November 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear [...]

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