Salute to Spirit
With all the limelight taken up by Curiosity, it is easy to forget that of the two previous Rovers, Opportunity, is still going strong. However Spirit has not been heard from for over three...
Category: The Planets
Next Generation Mars’ Rovers Needed
New rovers will be needed to help humans when they eventually start to colonise Mars. On a north Utah rough terrain desert in May 2013, several universities and their rovers from across the globe...
Curiosity Scientists Look To Rover’s Future On Anniversary
It’s Curiosity’s first anniversary and The Mars Science Laboratory team talks about what was exciting to them about year one on Mars and what the future has to offer. Curiosity is currently on its way...
Colonizing Space
It is likely that the first humans who will live on another World have already been born. We need a spare planet to ensure the continuing of the human race as living on just...
The Inner Planets
After yesterdays posting on the outer planets we take a look at the inner planets of our Solar System, Mercury and Venus. Venus being one of the most beautiful visions in the Sky and...
The Outer Planets
How Pluto was discovered after it was postulated that there was a planet beyond Uranus and Neptune and the reason why Pluto lost its status a ‘planet’. With information on the New Horizons mission...
Mars – The New Evidence
We now know that bacteria can survive the most inhospitable places on Earth. There appears to be a good chance that static electricity on Mars could have been the trigger to create organic compounds....
Curiosity Rover Report – May 9, 2013
Here’s an update on Curiosity given by a Curiosity project team member. Mars has been on the other side of the Sun compared with Earth making communications difficult hence Curiosity has been having a...
The Planet Mercury
An introduction to Mercury, the innermost planet in the Solar System and which orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits. Mercury is one of...
Mysterous Giant Hurricane on Saturn
A member of the Cassini imaging team talks about the mysterious hexagon that we posted about a couple of months ago. It appears that the centr eof the Hexagon is a hurricane that is...
Testing NASA’s New Robot
In this NASA video segment learn about the mobile robot NASA plans to use for future missions to Mars and the Moon. The new rover being tested has been dubbed ATHLETE ( the All-Terrain Hex-Limbed...
Curiosity Update – 17th April 2013
A NASA scientist gives the latest update on Curiosity, including information that shows that the Red Planet doesn’t have the same atmosphere it used to. Experiments show that the atmosphere used to be much thicker...
If the Moon Were Replaced With Some Of Our Planets
A cool simulation. I believe the scalings are correct however some of the other planets moons may be on collision course with Earth though. And ofcourse the gravitational equations would probably mean that these...
Meteor 2013 A1 May Strike Mars – NASA
There is a possibility that a comet may strike Mars next year (1 in 200o chance!). says NASA. The energy in this comet is believed to be 80 times more powerful than the meeorite...
Jupiters Hotspots – NASA
Information on Jupiter’s bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed “hot spots” for their infrared glow. These holes in the ammonia clouds at the top of the atmosphere allow a glimpse into Jupiter’s darker,...
Mars Curiosity Rover Report – March 15, 2013
A NASA scientist discusses the analysis of the first drill sample taken by Curiosity. This was the first rock powder ever collected. The analysis confirms that the rocks were once in a fresh water...
Life on Mars Was a Possibility – NASA
NASA has concluded that, based on the chemistry of rocks recently examined by Curioisty, Mars could have supported life in the past. Previous samples from past missions suggested that samples did not provide the...
Why is Curiosity Looking For Organics?
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Organics are necessary for life to exist. Finding organics would mean that the right components were available for life to have existed not that...
