Tag: "mars"
Treasure from the Sky
The recently authenticated fall of meteorites from Mars excites fever dreams as well as scientific fervor.
Post on Jan 19, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
A Most Earthly Mineral on Mars
The planet Mars tantalizes with its resemblance to parts of Earth. Now space geologists with their trusty field assistant, the rover Opportunity, have found gypsum veins there like those in our own countryside.
Post on Jan 05, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Dumpster Diving on Mars
Ready for another great adventure to that fabled world, Mars? How about an interplanetary dumpster dive? Curious? Come with us to Gale Crater.
Post on Oct 07, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Opportunity's Endeavour
NASA's Opportunity rover has reached the goal of its three-year slog across the landscape of Mars!
Post on Sep 23, 2011 by Ben Burress from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Searching for Life on Mars
Science to the side, Mars has meant many things to us earthlings.
Post on May 03, 2011 by Rachel Silverman
To Boldly Go…Alone
The idea of a one-way, one-astronaut mission to Mars isn't brand new, even in the non-sci-fi world of real space exploration chatter, but it has recently resurfaced in the news.
Post on Dec 31, 2010 by Ben Burress
Reality Rocks: Prospecting on Mars
It really is an amazing time to be alive: each new report from our exploration of space reminds me of the state of our knowledge of the solar system when I was a starry-eyed child, back in the 1960s.
Post on Oct 08, 2010 by Ben Burress
Mars Trek: The Next Generation
They just keep getting bigger and better-and curiouser. The next generation Mars rover-The Mars Science Laboratory, "Curiosity"-is well off the drawing board and into its gestation phase…no longer just the gleam in the eye of robotics engineers and Marsologists.
Post on Jul 30, 2010 by Ben Burress
Shifting Sands of Far-Off Lands
What started out to be a workaday chore—replacing a broken motor in an exhibit—panned out to be a voyage of discovery to the shifting sands of another world.
Post on Mar 12, 2010 by Ben Burress
Martian Robot Roundup
Out of about 17 successul Mars missions, three orbiters, two rovers, and maybe—MAYbe—one lander are still active.
Post on Jan 15, 2010 by Ben Burress
Spirit Digs a Little Deeper into Martian Geology
NASA's Mars rover Spirit has recently made an major accidental discovery in the course of trying to free itself from a sand trap….
Post on Dec 18, 2009 by Ben Burress
New Evidence of Martian Life Found in Antarctica?
On Monday, November 30th, 2009, NASA/Johnson Space Center announced that a recent study strengthens the argument that chemical and structural features in a Martian meteorite—ALH84001—may be evidence of fossilized microbial life on Mars from the distant past.
Post on Dec 04, 2009 by Ben Burress
Science Event Pick: Geek Out: Surviving on Mars
The Lawrence Hall of Science presents Geek Out: Mars Survival Challenge, an opportunity to design your own Mars colony under the guidance of some Martian science experts. Geek Out is a new evening series at LHS for adults only; there will be music, a cash bar, and plenty of eye-popping science.
Post on Nov 18, 2009 by Kishore Hari
Mars Rock Talks, Opportunity Listens
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity finds a meteorite on Mars that may shed more light on the history of Mars' atmosphere.
Post on Aug 15, 2009 by Ben Burress
"Mars Encounter:" An Inconvenient Hoax
As August approaches, the ghost of Mars returns to haunt us….
Post on Jun 19, 2009 by Ben Burress
Google Mars
I was sitting at my computer the other day, quietly exploring minute details of the surface of planet Mars…did I say quietly exploring the surface of Mars? You can too!
Post on Jun 05, 2009 by Ben Burress
Springtime on Mars
It's spring again, that time of year when my thoughts return to… blasts of carbon dioxide gas jetting up from beneath the frigid layer of dry ice below
Post on Apr 24, 2009 by Ben Burress
Methane on Mars? Moooooooo!
Methane on Mars? Really? What does that mean? If you know anything about the source of most of Earth's atmospheric methane gas, you already know the answer: possible life.
Post on Jan 30, 2009 by Ben Burress
Snows of the Solar System
Snow is quite unusual for the Oakland Hills. Is snow so unusual for the rest of the solar system?
Post on Dec 19, 2008 by Ben Burress
Reporter's Notes: Looking for Mars Life on Planet Earth
When I hear about searching for alien life, it's hard not to think about all those science fiction movies with little green men and Earth-destroying spacecraft. But it's an idea that's far from science fiction for scientists at NASA Ames.
Post on Nov 14, 2008 by Lauren Sommer
Twitter
Facebook
EveryTrail
YouTube
Flickr
Google +
iTunes Video
RSS Video
RSS News
iTunes Audio
RSS Audio
