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New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite impacts

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First meteor impact detected by NASA’s InSight mission; the image was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/insight-detects-an-impact-for-the-first-time/ An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich and Imperial College London has made the first estimate of global meteorite impacts on Mars using … Read more

Mars is more susceptible to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new research shows

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a deep, dark crater stands out on a reddish-orange planet

Mars could encounter more than twice as many encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth, according to a new study. This could jeopardize exploration missions to the Red Planet, but also provide insight into how the inner solar system formed. Asteroids pose the greatest threat to our planet from space; for example, the 2013 Chelyabinsk … Read more

Mars is more susceptible to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new research shows

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A photo of a crater on Mars

Mars We may have more than twice as many encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth does, according to a new study. This could jeopardize exploration missions to the Red Planet, but also provide insight into how the inner solar system formed. Asteroids pose the greatest threat from space to our planet – the 2013 … Read more

Parental distraction negatively impacts interactions between children and parents – Neuroscience News

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Resume: A new study shows that any form of parental distraction, whether from screens or non-digital activities, has a negative impact on parent-child interactions. Both digital and non-digital distractions reduced parental sensitivity and children’s engagement. This suggests that it is not the screens themselves, but rather the divided attention that hinders communication between parents and … Read more