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Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon

13 mars 2025 à 12:56

Hera spacecraft takes photos of red planet’s second moon, Deimos, while en route to asteroids 110m miles away

A European spacecraft has taken photos of Mars’s smaller and more mysterious second moon during its flight past the planet en route to a pair of asteroids more than 110m miles (177m km) away.

The Hera probe activated a suite of instruments to capture images of the red planet and Deimos, a small and lumpy 8-mile-wide moon, which orbits Mars along with the 14-mile-wide Phobos.

Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain

The Guardian

Par :Ian Sample Science editor

12 mars 2025 à 17:00

Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers say

Bone fragments unearthed at an ancient cave in Spain belong to the oldest known human face in western Europe, researchers say.

The fossilised remains make up the left cheek and upper jaw of an adult member of an extinct human species who lived and died on the Iberian peninsula between 1.1m and 1.4m years ago.