Tag: science
Exciting discovery: Mars rover accidentally finds rocks made of pure sulfur
Rocks made of pure sulfur (aka ‘elemental sulfur’) have never been seen before on the Red Planet.
Really cool science: ‘Nonlinear Photochromic Properties in a Perylene-Substituted Rhodamine Spirolactam’
Researchers develop a novel design approach to achieve nonlinear photochromism using easy-to-synthesize rhodamine spirolactam derivatives
Study reveals origin of four-million-year-old ‘potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid’
Researchers describe how the ancient asteroid was ejected from the moon following a massive strike from an even larger ‘impactor’ that left an crater on the lunar surface measuring 14-miles wide in diameter.
Start time for April 8 Yankees vs Marlins game changed due to solar eclipse concerns
Plus, everything else you need to know about the April 8 solar eclipse
NASA: Maxar Technologies selected to develop and begin building its lunar station gateway
Expediting NASA’s return to the Moon with the first woman and next man by 2024
NASA to go to Mars to celebrate STEAM activities – Mars, Pennsylvania, that is
The space agency aims to inspire the next generation of explorers to pursue careers in STEAM fields and join NASA’s mission to the Moon and Mars.
What we now know about near-Earth asteroid ‘Bennu’
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu, only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building, may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.
Voyager 2 leaves earthly neighborhood and enters interstellar space
For the second time in history, a man-made object has reached the space between the stars. According to a December 10 release from NASA, the space agency’s Voyager 2 probe has exited […]
NASA’s InSight Lander arrives on Martian surface to study planet’s deep interior
Today, Mars received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, […]
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
