New analysis of a Martian meteor that found its way to earth shows a great deal of water in the planet’s crust. Meanwhile,
Category Archive: Curiosity
Jan 04 2013
Curiosity and the Martian Flower
Mars Curiosity has spotted an odd little feature in a nearby Martian rock. Shown above, at first glance any red-blooded skeptic would assume that’s a piece of the EDL package. But NASA scientists aren’t sure. For now it’s been dubbed the Flower:
Dec 05 2012
Rover hill, rover dale, as we hit the dusty trail
In the wake of the somewhat disappointing news about Mars Curiosity this week, there are reports of another rover in the works. That got me to think’n! We’re getting good at building these things and we might be on the cusp of a generalized rover design that would work in many places all over the solar system. …
Dec 02 2012
Mars Curiosity news tomorrow … NOW STREAMING
NOW STREAMING HERE First a researcher on the Mars Curiosity mission lit up the science blogosphere when he said the rover had found something ‘earth shaking’ for the ‘history books’ during Thanksgiving Week. Then NASA back peddled and clammed up leading to all sorts of speculation. Finally, news made the rounds last week that Curiosity hadn’t found much of …
Nov 29 2012
Just in on Mars Curiosity
I just received this email from AAS press office Dr. Rick Feinberg on the findings of Mars Curiosity. The gist of it is speculations of a major find on Mars are incorrect. Full email below:
Nov 26 2012
Meet the Methanogens
Most Americans are emerging bleary-eyed from a tryptophan induced coma today and grudgingly marching back to work after a glorious extended weekend. In this twittering multimedia digital world many stories compete for a slot on our rested minds. The scary looming fiscal cliff and backroom dealings in DC that might fail to ease us down its gentle slope, …
Nov 25 2012
Martian update
I’m sorry there is no update. Just lots of speculation. Because of the way it was initially presented to the media and subsequent backtracking by NASA it’s impossible to know if we should be hopeful or cynical:
Nov 23 2012
Mars Curiosity may have found something “Earth shaking”
Update: NASA isn’t saying what it is, still. But they have scheduled a presser for 3 Dec. Talk about firing up the rumor mill. By then Fox News will probably have a graphic up showing Obama-esque Martians coming for your guns. Is this it? We don’t know. No one’s saying what it is outside of the …
Sep 28 2012
Curiosity strikes paydirt
Mars Curiosity landed in the right place alright! Just a few steps from touchdown the one ton rover snapped this image showing what planetary geologists (Areologists?) say is a lead pipe cinch for an alluvial fan, i.e., freely flowing water:
Sep 14 2012
More incredible Curiosity EDL video
The creator of this one provides some details at TPM. Amazing pic of the sun below
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