Massive Martian dust storm endangers NASA rover

Fifteen-year-old Opportunity rover enters low-power mode in attempt to survive extreme tempest.

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An enormous dust storm is blanketing much of Mars, blocking the sunlight that NASA’s 15-year-old Opportunity rover needs to survive.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05425-1

Correction 13 June 2018: The original version of this story misstated a conclusion of the study by Wang and colleagues. They found that a regional-scale dust storm that persisted for at least 10 days — not a local-scale storm — could possibly grow into a global event.

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