NPR: On Mars, a rover named Spirit has gotten stuck in soft, alien soil. About two weeks ago, its wheels dug into the Martian soil, and the plucky rover became trapped.
Spirit has been roaming the red planet for more than five years, but its roving days could be over unless scientists and engineers back on Earth can figure out how to get the robot unstuck.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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