Quantum entanglement, signal delay between Earth and Mars, machine empathy: what is real science and what is fiction in the Twin Robots of ICARUS and Mítosz.

How time is measured on Mars: sols, Mars Years counted from 1955, and the Earth date when ICARUS begins, Sol 10 of Mars Year 73.

For decades, scientists have speculated that Mars—now a dry, frigid desert—was once home to oceans and a more Earth-like climate. Now, compelling new data from China’s Zhurong rover may offer the strongest evidence yet: signs of a long-lost beach buried beneath the Martian surface. Zhurong rover Using ground-penetrating radar, the Zhurong rover—part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission—scanned up to 80 meters beneath Mars' Utopia Planitia region, a massive impact basin believed to on