MARS

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew for the 41st time on Mars Jan. 27, going 'there and back again' with 600 feet (183 meters) of flight distance over 109 seconds.

The surprise bear face spans more than 1 mile across.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the uncanny photo in December. Eyes are formed by craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure" resembles a snout.

NASA placed a supersonic combustion engine on the firing stand, and early tests for interplanetary exploration show promise.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. Scientists are confident in their orbital calculations putting the comet's last swing through the solar system's planetary neighborhood at 50,000 years ago. The comet — a time capsule from the emerging solar system 4.5 billion years ago — came from what’s known as the Oort Cloud well beyond Pluto. While comet ZTF originated in our solar system, we can't be sure it will stay there, Chodas said. If it gets booted out of the solar system, it will never return, he added.

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years.

The M&M spokescandies are only the latest to get swallowed up by the left’s dominance of corporate culture. Mia from Land O Lakes butter and her buddy the Frito Bandito were simply sacrificed on the altar of corporate wokemanship. The M&M public relations strategy was to turn a popular family brand woke overnight. M&M'S DITCHES ‘SPOKESCANDIES’ – FOR NOW – AFTER STEPS TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY DEEMED TOO POLARIZINGThat didn’t used to be the case and, fair to say, Mars started it. M&Ms finally ditched the woke marketing the company tried to ram down customers’ throats almost a year ago to the day.

A&W Restaurants decided to have a little fun after an online outcry over the green M&M's change of footwear.

Mars Inc. is either caving to the culture wars or exploiting them for publicity. Neither is good.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Mars says it's pausing using its trademark M&M's spokescandies and has enlisted actor and comedian Maya Rudolph to star in its marketing efforts, including its Super Bowl ad campaign. The news comes three weeks before M&Ms is set to return to the Super Bowl with an ad after sitting it out last year. Planters teased its Super Bowl ad nearly two weeks before the game, releasing a teaser that showed its Mr. Peanut mascot seemingly being killed. The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral. The Super Bowl LVII will take place Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and will be broadcast on Fox.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Mars says it's pausing using its trademark M&M's spokescandies and has enlisted actor and comedian Maya Rudolph to star in its marketing efforts, including its Super Bowl ad campaign. The news comes three weeks before M&Ms is set to return to the Super Bowl with an ad after sitting it out last year. Planters teased its Super Bowl ad nearly two weeks before the game, releasing a teaser that showed its Mr. Peanut mascot seemingly being killed. The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral. The Super Bowl LVII will take place Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and will be broadcast on Fox.

Mars says it’s pausing using its trademark M&M’s spokescandies and has enlisted actor and comedian Maya Rudolph to star in its marketing efforts.

Candy maker Mars is replacing its M&Ms "spokescandies" with actress Maya Rudolph after facing right-wing criticism.

On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will cross in front of Mars, causing an occultation or eclipse of the planet.

And it would be strangely beautiful to behold.

SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center Sunday evening.

Humans evolved in conditions of plentiful gravity and relatively little radiation. Space is the reverse — and it upends almost every system inside of us.

Stoke Space is developing a clean-fueled, rapidly reusable rocket that can deliver satellites into orbit.

M&M's creator Mars announced its new "all-female" M&M's packaging to go with its candies for a limited time to promote women's "success and happiness."

Skywatchers will have a full slate of full moons in 2023 with the first coming only a few days into the new year. >> Read more trending newsAccording to NJ.com, there will be 13 full moons, four supermoons and one blue moon this year. Supermoons are when the orbit of the moon is the closest to earth than the rest of the year, making the moon appear to be about 30% bigger than at other times. In addition to the 13 full moons, 2023 will also have other big events in the night sky, according to EarthSky. From July 19 to July 21, Venus will have Mars, Mercury and Regulus traveling what it along with a waxing crescent moon.

Read on for monthly horoscopes written by an astrologer for January 2023 and how the full moon, new moon and Mercury retrograde might affect you.

Clear skies beckoned Wednesday (Dec. 28) in Rome, allowing the Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi to get busy with a year-end broadcast.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible with the naked eye from many areas.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida continues to warm after weathering a chilly holiday weekend. Things will warm up nicely in our area after we move past a cold and foggy morning. Watch: NASA shares new images of winter landscapes high above MarsThursday will be mostly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-70s. Cheez-it Bowl forecastOur high temperatures will then rise into the 80s for Friday and Saturday. Watch: Video shows dog trapped behind seawall being rescued in FloridaRain chances will remain low until late Saturday, when we will have a 40% chance of scattered storms.

Take a grand tour of the solar system tonight (Dec. 28) as each of the planets in the solar system will be visible at the same time.

It was one of many wintry facts about Mars that NASA shared as an arctic blast pushed across the country last week.

In 2023 several countries will launch missions to the Moon and beyond.

NASA's Perseverance rover successfully dropped its second rock sample tube on the Martian surface, its longest sample yet.

Check out our thoughts on this preview build of Deliver Us Mars, the upcoming space game from indie developers Keoken Interactive.

The sample return tubes carried by NASA's Perseverance rover look like 'Star Wars' lightsabers, inspiring a NASA manager to joke about using the Force on Mars.

Five bright planets visible in the evening during Christmas week and beyond make an affordable telescope a well-timed gift.

Travelers hoping to visit the U.S. are now waiting hundreds of days for a visa, though the White House says it's processing faster recently.

"It's assumed InSight may have reached the end of its operations," NASA said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander, which has fallen silent after four years on Mars. "It's assumed InSight may have reached the end of its operations," NASA said late Monday, adding that its last communication was Thursday. The most recent marsquake sensed by InSight, earlier this year, left the ground shaking for at least six hours, according to NASA. Just last week, scientists revealed that InSight scored another first, capturing a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound. NASA still has two active rovers on Mars: Curiosity, roaming the surface since 2012, and Perseverance, which arrived early last year.

It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn expected to be visible at same time Friday through New Year’s Eve.

How else would you catch a Martian dust devil?

Friends and colleagues say his plans may be hard to predict, but they wouldn't bet against him.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover carried a small helicopter called Ingenuity that has blown expectations away, and scientists are eager to build on its work on the Red Planet and beyond.

The microphone picked up 308 dust pings as the dust devil whipped by, the study's author said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance. Photographed for decades at Mars but never heard until now, dust devils are common at the red planet. The microphone picked up 308 dust pings as the dust devil whipped by, said Murdoch, who helped build it. Of the 84 minutes collected in its first year, there's “only one dust devil recording,” she wrote in an email from France.

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound.

NASA has built a new rocket and spacecraft to get Artemis astronauts to the moon, and it's developing a new toolkit for them to use on the lunar surface as well.

Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend that’s likely to extend into 2023, according to several forecasts.

>> Read more trending newsThe “cold moon” peaked at 11:08 p.m. The name “cold moon” comes from the cooling, downright frigid, temperatures in December, according to the almanac. Other names include “frost exploding trees moon” from the Cree, “moon of the popping trees” from the Oglala people and the “moon when the deer shed their antlers,” used by the Dakota people. Here are 10 stunning images of the cold moon shared on social media with the hashtag #coldmoon or #fullmoon:Photo by: @AJamesMcCarthyThis is the moment Mars peeked out from behind our moon after being hidden for an hour. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images) (Jacob King - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)©2022 Cox Media Group

The final full moon of 2022 will rise Wednesday night. >> Read more trending newsThe “cold moon” will peak at 11:08 p.m. It comes on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission launch, the last time a person set foot on the moon, CNN reported. The name “cold moon” comes from the cooling, downright frigid, temperatures in December, according to the almanac. Other names include “frost exploding trees moon” from the Cree, “moon of the popping trees” from the Oglala people and the “moon when the deer shed their antlers,” used by the Dakota people.

"Dec. 7 brings one of those magical moments when the sky changes dramatically before your very eyes," NASA said.

"Dec. 7 brings one of those magical moments when the sky changes dramatically before your very eyes," NASA said.

On Wednesday (Dec. 7) the moon will reach its full moon phase as December's aptly named Cold Moon, the final full moon of 2022, rises for most of the night.

Space reporter Marina Koren on NASA’s plans to travel to the moon, Mars, and Europa—and why it is now studying UAPs

The full moon will appear in very close proximity to a brilliant Mars in the evening of Wednesday (Dec. 7) as the Red Planet reaches opposition.

Volcanologists have the first opportunity in nearly four decades to examine and measure an event of this magnitude at the largest volcano in the world.

Jasmine Warga watched launch of Mars rover Perseverance with her family. Daughter Juniper’s concern for the rover was sparked idea for the story.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has performed its shortest flight, the first after a software update that will make the chopper more capable in hilly terrain.

Ryan White did not set out to make a tearjerker, yet audiences watching "Good Night Oppy" may want to have tissues ready. "Not a chance in hell did I think this would be as emotional," White said.

A senior official tells the BBC the Artemis missions will lead to astronauts living on the lunar surface.

The new hybrid series "Fear of a Red Planet" from AfterShock Comics is a sci-fi Western exploring the shocking tale of the first actual murder on the planet Mars.

Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space.

Two NASA spacecraft at Mars have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.

NASA officials held a teleconference Friday to talk about what’s next for the Artemis I moon mission, forecasting the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket no earlier than in late August.

A NASA spacecraft on Mars is losing power and is headed for a dusty demise.

Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

Look up!

The Biden Administration is requesting $26 billion for NASA in 2023, up $2 billion from the previous year. How much money NASA actually gets will be decided by Congress.

Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe will no longer be attempting to send its first rover to Mars this year.

NASA is preparing to roll out its Space Launch System rocket this week for a critical test of its engine.

The European Space Agency says the launch this year of a joint mission with Russia to Mars is now “very unlikely” due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine.

Toyota says it's working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and eventually live on Mars.

Candy maker Mars is giving a makeover to its six M&M’s characters as a way to promote inclusivity.

Scientists have concluded that a meteorite from Mars contains no evidence of ancient Martian life.

There are always noteworthy things to look up for on any given night, but these are the top events worth marking in your calendar as we venture through the new year.

As the historic year of spaceflight closes, 2022 will target new achievements.

If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the U.S. government wants to hear about it.

NASA announced the fourth crew member heading to the international space station will include Jessica Watkins. This will make her the first black female astronaut to join the crew for a long-term mission.

The space race is in full throttle.

The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe.

China's Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it once supported life.

NASA’s newest Mars rover has come up empty in its first attempt to pick up a rock sample to eventually be brought back to Earth.

NASA is teaming up with the maker of Tide to figure out how to do laundry in space.

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos the rover took on the red planet.

Relativity Space is revealing new details about its larger Terran R rocket, which could compete with SpaceX’s workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9.

NASA's little Mars helicopter is safely on the ground following a wild, lurching ride caused by a navigation timing error.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has picked a date to step down as CEO.

China says its Mars probe and accompanying rover are expected to land on the red planet sometime between Saturday and Wednesday Beijing time.

Pending clear a sky, space will be putting on a show for us down on Earth as three planets are now visible in the evening..

NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.

Space-related news is not just flowing from the world’s richest, biggest nations.

NASA's little Mars helicopter is getting an extra month of flying.

Let the “Florida education” jokes begin.

The Orlando Police Department is looking for a missing 73-year-old veteran who was last seen April 20.

The brain behind Tesla and SpaceX gave a dire warning for anyone hoping to be among the first to travel to Mars.

China says it will launch its next robot lunar lander in 2024, and it will carry equipment from France, Sweden, Russia and Italy.

China's space agency says its first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god.

NASA's little Mars helicopter has aced its second test flight.

Police are investigating a fatal crash in North Ocala.

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight.

A car crashed into a store in Ormond Beach.

A Kissimmee man was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in Orange County, the FHP says.

Orlando police investigate a fatal crash involving a pedestrian.

After the flight of NASA’s tiny helicopter was delayed last week, the agency set the date for the first Mars helicopter flight.