Exploration
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Environment
Environment Chile
Plucked and Replanted: How This Tree Survives Outside Its Native Ground
The toromiro tree hasn’t been found on the Chilean territory of Easter Island for more than half a century, but it has found roots in botanical gardens across the world, and researchers are working hard to return the endemic species to its native ground.
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Technology
Technology USA
Record Amount of Rock Samples Collected to Discover an Asteroid’s Origins
Over 120 grams of pebbles and small rocks have been collected from the asteroid Bennu's surface, and astrophysicists hope to further their understanding of planetary formation, the origin of water on Earth, and even the building blocks of life itself.
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Technology
Technology USA
Snake-Like Robot: Slithering Where No Man Has Gone Before
A snake-like robot is going through testing and development in the hopes that the self-propelled and autonomous machine could, in the near future, explore a wide variety of surfaces, including Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, and possibly proof of life.
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Technology
Technology Europe
Seeking Signs of Water and Life: Jupiter’s Biggest Moons Under the Microscope
Jupiter’s three largest icy moons will be the object of the European Space Agency’s latest exploration for scientists to further their knowledge of the lunar surfaces, what might lie beneath them, and discover if life ever existed on those moons.