Aug 01
It’s hard to believe it, but Curiosity has been out there roving the Red Planet for almost a year already
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Jul 24
Looks like we’re not the only pale blue dot in the solar system
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Jul 07
When NASA’s Opportunity rover launched on July 7th, 2003, expectations were modest. It would spend 90 Martian days exploring soil and rock samples and taking panoramas of the Red Planet; anything else would be a bonus. Nearly ten years after its initial shift was up, Opportunity is still going strong.
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Jul 05
We’ve seen a lot of neat photos from Mars thanks to NASA’s latest Curiosity rover that’s currently putzing its way around the surface of the red planet. The latest imagery that it has sent back is a rather simple, but neat timelapse video of one of Mars’ moons rising into the Martian sky.
The video is simply a timelapse consisting of 86 photos that were taken by Curiosity’s navigation camera, and they were stitched together to create a 30-second timelapse. The set of photos were taken shortly after Mars’ sunset on June 28. The timelapse video shows the moon rising over the course of about 30 minutes.
In the video, you’ll notice how small Phobos appears in the sky, and that’s mostly because it’s just 14 miles in diameter (compared to Earth’s Moon, which is over 2,100 miles in diameter). If you’re wondering about the mysterious ring glow in the video, officials say it’s is an artifact caused by the scattering of light inside the camera.
It’s not much to look at, really, since it just looks like another star in the sky, but it’s definitely unique to witness a moon rising on another planet in our solar system. The photos were taken from Gale Crater, which Curiosity arrived to back in August. The rover is expected to be active for at least another year.
Curiosity has yet to leave Gale Crater, but NASA plans to take it elsewhere in the future. It’s ultimate destination is the base of the mysterious Mount Sharp, which stands at 3.4 miles high. It’s no Mount Everest, but NASA thinks Mount Sharp holds some secrets that the rover could uncover about possible life on Mars.
VIA: Space.com
NASA Curiosity Mars rover records timelapse of Phobos moon rising is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 05
The Frozen Lava Flows of Mars
Posted in: Today's Chili
This might seem like some kind of psychedelic artwork—but you’re actually looking a hundreds of individual lava flows, frozen in time on the side of Olympus Mons on Mars.
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Jul 03
Jul 03
Is the 4.7-inch HTC One not the right size for your hands? Do Nokia’s latest Lumia phones not appeal to your design sensibilities? Well, a leaked document from O2 Germany lists four unannounced devices reportedly coming out later this year that just might satisfy your very particular tastes. The HTC One Mini is on there (a 4.3-inch phone we’re already well familiar with) as is the One Max, which rumors suggest will have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 and a 5.9-inch 1080p display. Moving on to Nokia, there’s the “Eros,” though that might be a typo for the 41-megapixel “EOS” that’s expected to be announced on the 11th. There’s also the “Mars,” which is the first time we’ve heard that name. Check out the full list after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, HTC, Nokia
Source: mobiFlip (translated)
Jun 28
While it’s still questionable whether or not humans could really thrive in space, we now know that, even if our own bodies are doomed to become weak and decrepit, any bacteria we tote along has every chance of living a full, happy life. Because according to new research, space might be exactly what bacteria needs to become a thicker, stronger, superpowered mutant version unlike anything we’ve ever seen on Earth.
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Jun 27
While NASA has been carrying out some extensive missions on Mars, looking for evidence of water and signs that the planet could have supported life, it has been required to follow strict requirements to prevent contamination. The idea behind this is that the introduction of microbes from Earth could harm the Martian planet, something researchers
Jun 21
NASA‘s Curiosity rover has sent more than a few pictures of the Red Planet back to its Earth-bound audience, a great deal of which have been made freely available for the public to view on the space agency’s website. The latest image to be made public, however, stands out from the rest due to its
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