How The New Mars Rover Will Use Chemistry To Search For Martians
Curiosity, the new Mars rover, is essentially a mobile chemistry lab decked out with instruments to analyze soil samples from the red planet to test for microbial life. Watch the video above to get a...
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Here's What Astronauts Will Eat When They Head To Mars
When the first humans blast off on a mission to Mars around 2030, they'll need a special spacesuit and a food supply that will last the three-year duration of the trip, including the six months its...
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The Moon Flags Aren't So American Anymore
While lunar images have proven that the American flags planted during the Apollo missions are still standing on the moon, lunar scientists have now said that they probably no longer hold the iconic...
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Maps Show Every Major Fire In America Since 2001
John Nelson of IDV Solutions is an expert at turning raw data into visually-stunning risk maps. You may remember his maps of the the world's earthquakes since 1898 or the biggest tornado risks. "Once...
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Scientists Are Even More Sure They've Found A Higgs-Like Particle
New results coming from the Large Hadron Collider suggest that the hunt for the Higgs Boson, the particle that gives matter mass and holds the physical fabric of the universe together, really is over....
View ArticleTake An Awe-Inspiring Ride On Board The International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is an inhabitable satellite flying 230 miles above Earth at about 17,500 miles per hour. The ISS circles the Earth every 90 minutes and has provided a unique...
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The Most Basic Theory About Black Holes Is Wrong
If most people know one thing about black holes, they probably know that nothing can escape from them, not even light. Yet this most basic tenet about black holes has actually been disproven by the...
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The First Signal Curiosity Sends From Mars To Earth Will Be A New Song By...
The newest Mars rover, Curiosity, is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on Aug. 5. The rover's descent is a big ordeal, but when the unmanned vehicle finally hits the rocky surface, the first...
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The New Mars Rover Would Be Crippled Without These Tools
At 1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will place a 2,000-pound robot, named Curiosity, on the surface of Mars. The car-size rover will spend 687 Earth days (one Martian...
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What Would Happen If The Olympics Were Held On Mars?
The new Mars rover Curiosity will land on the Red Planet in three days. Since this historic event takes place in the midst of the Summer Olympic games, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson decided to...
View ArticleWhere To Watch The Perilous Mars Rover Landing
On Sunday evening a car-size robot will land on Mars for the first time. Here's what you need to know to be a part of this historic event. The Curiosity rover is slated to touchdown on the Red Planet...
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NASA's Unlikely 'Good-Luck' Charm Comes In A Jar
When the Mars rover Curiosity lands Sunday evening, Aug. 5, all the action on Earth will be centered in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. We expect tensions to...
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The Very First Pictures Of Curiosity On Mars
After a tricky landing sequence, the folks at NASA succeeded in pulling off the most ambitious Mars mission yet. The Mars rover Curiosity safely landed on the Red Planet's surface early Monday morning...
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Awesome Higher-Resolution Image From The Curiosity Rover
Here's the first higher-resolution image taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover inside Gale Crater. It was beamed back to Earth about two hours after landing and is twice as big in pixel size as the images...
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Curiosity Provides The First Piece Of Crucial Information About Putting A Man...
NASA's $2.5-billion Curiosity rover safely landed on Mars early Monday morning, kicking off its two-year journey to determine if Mars ever harbored live or could sustain life in the future. The...
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NASA Caught Curiosity In The Act Of Landing In This Image
WOW. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to catch Curiosity in the act of landing. In this image, taken from about 340 kilometers away, catches Curiosity while she was being parachuted down to...
View ArticleNASA's Reaction To Landing The Mars Rover Involved Lots Of Tears
When NASA successfully landed Curiosity on Mars, mission control -- understandably -- reacted with a raucous celebration complete with hugs, handshakes, high fives, and tears of joy. Just as the...
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The Next Mars Rovers Could Be Tiny
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory just landed the SUV-sized Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars, which will beam information back to the Earth for the next few years and reveal unimaginable insights...
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Curiosity's View Of Mt. Sharp And A Bird's Eye Video Of Her Descent
NASA's latest images from the Curiosity rover (she's been on Mars for about 18 hours now) show its great, face-on view of Mars's Mount Sharp. The mountain is about 4 miles away, and is 3 miles high....
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The First Color Image Of Mars From Curiosity
NASA's Curiosity rover has been on Mars for a little over a day now and it's already beaming back a bunch of incredible images. The first color image, shown below, was taken on the afternoon of the...
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