Curiosity rover’s self-portrait, taken with the robotic arm-mounted MAHLI camera on Feb. 3, 2013, at the John Klein drill site. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer- kenkremer.com A great deal of effort is also being dedicated towards the creation of new launch vehicles a...
This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows several items, including a handgun and badge of a federal agent, found in a backpack in shallow water by a man fishing at Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County. California's Drought Lucy Nicholson/Reuters ...
Under the Trump administration, NASA has made a serious push toward commercial activity on the moon. In one case, the support came at the expense of a government mission. In April, NASAannouncedit would no longer fund the Resource Prospector, a mission that would have sent a small rover to...
NASA's Moonkam snaps pictures of craters on the far side of the moon in 2012.Credit: NASA / Caltech-JPL / MIT / SRS Want morescienceand tech news delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up forMashable's Light Speed newslettertoday. ...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz. Helix Nebula Launched in 2003, the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is orbiting 353 miles above Earth. In 2007, it took an infrared image of the Helix nebula (sometimes referred to as the "Eye of God"). This nebula is in the constellation of Aquarius, 650 ...
Image capturing an active dust storm on Mars. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Due to its thin atmosphere, low temperatures and lack of a magnetosphere, liquid precipitation (i.e. rain) does not take place on Mars. Basically, solar radiation would cause any liquid water in the atmosphe...
Ina new poston NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory website, the space agency reveals that it has awarded a massive contract worth as much as $84.5 million to… oh no… please, don’t tell me… ugh, yep, it’s Northrop Grumman. The same Northrop Grumman that NASA gave $500 million to ...
1793 –Alexander Mackenziereaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. He painted his arrival on a stone at an arm of the Pacific Ocean (he wanted to reach the open ocean, but the local people were hostile), using vermili...
Image: NASA/JPL If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs.NASA’s InSight lander has been chilling out on Mars for many months now. NASA has had an incredible string of luck with its Mars missions and unfortunately, it’s...
Out with headtorch last night & found the NZ spider Cryptachaea veruculata in the depths of Holy Vale. Prob widespread now on St Mary’s. Not complaining re 14.5 hours of daylight – but may need another search method?@BritishSpiders@mattprince1969@Tone_Killickpic.twitter.com/fxoOsgJPL7 ...