WorldPingDescription NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of sunrise illuminating distant, wind-carved features called yardangs on Aug.
11, 2026, the 4,982nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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WorldPingDescription NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just nine days prior, on Aug.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NASA
WorldPingClimate models suggest this event and its wide-reaching weather impacts could persist much later into 2027 than usual.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
WorldPingSebastian Stan is reprising his role as Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, in Avengers: Doomsday and is teasing that the film will be “heartbreaking.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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