[NEWS] FOur space science links, from Mars to TRAPPIT-1 to Gliese 710 to starships

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• CBC reports on recent research noting markers of hydrothermal activity in the minerals of Mars' Gale Crater.


• Universe Today reports on findings that ultraviolet radiation from TRAPPIST-1 is low enough to let its habitable-zone planets retain their volatiles, like water.


• VICE notes that, in 1.3 million years, red dwarf star Gliese 710 will have a close encounter with our solar system.


• In light of the Voyagers' 40th, Becky Ferreira considers some of the latest proposals for crewed starship designs.