This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. To source
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Veiny 'Garden City' Site and Surroundings on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. To source
Weird Space Junk Falls to Earth on Friday the 13th: Watch It Online
An unknown space object will crash through Earth’s atmosphere Friday morning (Nov. 13) — and a Slooh webcast will show the first observations live after the object re-enters off the coast of Sri Lanka. The bizarre object WT1190F has been orbiting Earth for years on an elliptical path and is likely a piece of a […]
The Dust Devils of Mars Could Pack a Seismic Punch
A large dust devil towers over the Martian surface on the plain of Amazonis Planitia, as seen in this High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera observation taken in 2012. The shadow indicates this dust plume reached a height of 12 miles although it was only 140 yards in diameter.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz. During experiments on […]
International effort reveals Greenland ice loss
One of Greenland’s glaciers is losing five billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean, according to researchers. While these new findings may be disturbing, they are reinforced by a concerted effort to map changes in ice sheets with different sensors from space agencies around the world. To source
Chinese painting
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A false-colour image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Construction of Giant Next-Generation Telescope Begins in Chile
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet hits a rock with a hammer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Giant Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory on Nov. 11. (“Las Campanas” means “the bells” in Spanish; the observatory was named after the curious ringing sound local rocks make when struck.)Credit: Mike Wall/Space.com LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY, Chile — Construction […]
Record-Setting Gamma-Ray Pulsar Beyond Our Galaxy Bursts into View
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope’s Large Area Telescope caught sight of the first gamma-ray pulsar ever seen outside the Milky Way, PSR J0540-6919, which is also the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar ever found. The telescope also imaged another powerful pulsar nearby, PSR J0537-6910.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background: ESO/R. Fosbury (ST-ECF) Researchers have spotted […]
First Gamma-Ray Blasting Pulsar Detected Outside Milky Way | Video
Researchers have dubbed it “the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known so far.” A rapidly spinning neutron star in the Tarantula Nebula is the first of its kind to be observed in a the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope’s Large Area Telescope made the detection Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
Earth's Absorption of CO2 May Tilt In Wrong Direction | Video
For at least the past 50 years, about half of all Earth’s carbon dioxide emissions – human and natural – have been absorbed by the land and oceans. Scientists are trying to understand how much more CO2 this global carbon sink can take, before it spills over. Credit: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory To source
Rural Biomass Burning vs. Megacity Industry: Who Emits More CO2 | 5-Day Time-Lapse Video
Scientists are studying the heat trapping behavior of CO2 released by land-clearing and accidental forest fires vs. factories in large urban centers. The data producing this simulation were taken during a 5-day period in June 2006. Credit: Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center To source
3 Months of Carbon Dioxide Measured From Space | Time-Lapse Video
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