Hey! Time for a new song, I think. The new Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars and is taking photos.
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars Sunday, May 25th, to begin three months of examining an arctic site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm. Check today’s story for details of the landing and first pictures beamed back from the landing site.
“So called chosen, frozen.” What do you know, the songs already been written, and by Public Enemy! Maybe Chuck wasn’t taking about water. Hmmm…. oopsie!
Of course my album is still free and available for you to download. It’s about probes, satellites and rovers.
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Spring is Aurora Season.
Gamma Ray burst visible to naked eye. Gamma Ray bursts won’t turn you into the Hulk, but they could wipe out your entire solar system with a single blast. Luckily we don’t live close enough to a super-massive star ready to collapse.
New Solar Cycle, olde Sunspots.
Crafty tricks for finding water on the moon. Just in case you’re hiking on the moon and forgot your canteen.
Update:
A photo of the sunset on Mars.
Will the Martian rovers be shut down? Maybe not!
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Mark your calendar! Take a Sharpie marker and mark it — from the night of Thursday the 13th to the morning of Friday the 14th you will be able to see the Geminid meteors. All you have to lose is a little sleep.
“It’s the Geminid meteor shower,” says NASA astronomer Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center. “Start watching on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, around 10 pm local time,” he advises. “At first you might not see very many meteors—but be patient. The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky.”
More info from the folks at NASA.
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