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MAVEN is an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution.
The probe's mission was to help scientists understand why the Martian atmosphere has largely disappeared over the last 3 to 4 billion years, a change that turned the planet into the dry, cold place it is today.
The spacecraft has been collecting data and sending it to Earth since it went into orbit around Mars more than a decade ago.
But last December, a brief radio signal indicated the craft had suddenly started spinning out of control.
That meant it was no longer able to point its solar panels towards the sun, and that meant the batteries went dead, making the probe inoperable.
MAVEN is an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution.
The probe's mission was to help scientists understand why the Martian atmosphere has largely disappeared over the last three to four billion years, a change that turned the planet into the dry, cold place it is today.
The spacecraft has been collecting data and sending it to Earth since it went into orbit around Mars more than a decade ago.
But last December, a brief radio signal indicated the craft had suddenly started spinning out of control.
That meant it was no longer able to point its solar panels towards the sun, and that meant the batteries went dead, making the probe inoperable.
MAVEN is an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution.
The probe's mission was to help scientists understand why the Martian atmosphere has largely disappeared over the last 3 to 4 billion years, a change that turned the planet into the dry, cold place it is today.
The spacecraft has been collecting data and sending it to Earth since it went into orbit around Mars more than a decade ago.
But last December, a brief radio signal indicated the craft had suddenly started spinning out of control.
That meant it was no longer able to point its solar panels towards the sun, and that meant the batteries went dead, making the probe inoperable.
Once upon a time, there were plenty of blue whales in Antarctic waters, but commercial whaling changed that.
Writing in the African Journal of Marine Science, the researchers say prior to 1978, some 350,000 blue whales were killed.