Everdome’s first rocket launch has begun, as the world’s most hyper-realistic metaverse project prepares to send its first metaverse pioneers on the first stage of an epic journey to Mars at 5pm GST today.

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced its participation in the development of the Metaverse, which will simulate the UAE’s manned Mars mission in 2117. BEDU, Dubai’s foremost pioneer in Web3 technologies and solutions, will lead this first-of-its-kind project. The 2117 Metaverse project, which has been formalized through a memorandum of understanding, will involve close collaboration between MBRSC and BEDU. BEDU will contribute its expertise to the development of the 2117 Metaverse.

The Emirates Mars Mission, the Arab world’s first interplanetary exploration, has made the first observations of a new type of proton aurora around Mars. The spatially variable ‘patchy’ proton aurora could provide new insights into unexpected Martian atmospheric behavior. To fully characterize these observations, the EMM team collaborated with NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission.

Building a thriving city on Mars may not be in the cards for the real world just yet, but Everdome, the most hyper-realistic metaverse, is set to make it happen when their Alpha version is released this year. Players will be able to immerse themselves in a playful and realistic environment thanks to deep scientific input from a dedicated specialist lab informing all aspects of the Everdome experience

These three types of aurora had previously been identified, but clear global images of the discrete aurora were elusive until new observations were made by EMM’s probe shortly after its arrival on Mars. Now, an increased focus on discrete aurora observations by the EMM science team has resulted in observations of this new phenomenon of sinuous discrete aurora.