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America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in.
To most people, rocks are just rocks. To geologists, they are much, much more: crystal-filled time capsules with the power to reveal the state of the planet at the very moment they were forged. For decades, NASA had been on a time capsule hunt like none other-one across Mars. Its rovers have journeyed around a...
The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims
This is today's edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA's Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth,...
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