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NASA's Curiosity Rover Gets Its Drill Stuck, Recordings From The Arctic Seafloor And More Science Stories

Engadget·Cheyenne MacDonald·24 days ago
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NASA/JPL-Caltech What a week. Beloved nature communicator David Attenborough turned 100 on Friday, and scientists named a newly discovered species of wasp in his honor . The wasp from Chile, called Attenboroughnculus tau, isn't the first to be named after Attenborough — it joins a list of over 50 organisms bearing his name in some way, which seems about right. Also this week, NASA shared an update about its Curiosity rover, which encountered some issues during a sampling attempt on Mars, and the agency released a new batch of photos from the Artemis II mission.  Read on on to learn more about those and other science stories we found interesting this week. Curiosity runs into a bit of trouble NASA's Curiosity rover found itself in a bit of a pickle recently after drilling into some Martian rock that proved unexpectedly clingy. In an incident that was captured by Curiosity's cameras on April 29, the rover can be seen with a slab of rock stuck on its drill bit after it attempted to collect a sample.…

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