NASA‘s Perseverance rover may have performed the ‘seven minutes of terror’ alone, but a new video of the descent makes viewers feel as if they too were along for the ride. The American Space Agency shared the clip on Twitter, which begins with the heat shield separating that allowed Perseverance’s cameras to ‘see’ a cratered … Read more
A mysterious luminous glow visible just before dawn, known as the zodiacal light, could be the result of tiny particles of dust being shed from Mars, NASA claims. The zodiacal light is a faint column of light extending up from the horizon – it is sunlight reflected towards Earth by a cloud of dust particles … Read more
It may sound like little pings, but the latest recording shared by NASA is Perseverance firing off its laser for the first time on Mars. The sounds of 30 impacts can be heard during the audio recording, which were shot from the rover’s SuperCam instrument and captured by a microphone attached to the rover. The … Read more
NASA has shared new images of its Perseverance rover as it was performing checks on its robotic arm – with the barren orange-hued landscape of Mars in the background. The pictures were shared through the ‘RAW images’ feed on the NASA Perseverance website, which showcases every grab from every camera on the SUV-sized rover. First … Read more
Bruno Mars defended himself from long-running allegations that he engages in cultural appropriation of black music despite not being black himself. ‘It’s just – it’s Twitter, man,’ the 35-year-old said on The Breakfast Club during an appearance with Anderson Paak with whom he formed the group Silk Sonic. In the interview Bruno, who was born to … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance took its first drive across the surface of Mars. It was a short jaunt for the car-sized rover, which went about .01 miles an hour for about 21 feet total, including a 150-degree turn. NASA engineers called the drive a success and a ‘real milestone’ for the mission. The debut drive was one … Read more
China’s Tianwen-1 space probe currently orbiting Mars has sent back stunning new images of the Martian surface taken during its first month orbiting the Red Planet. The uncrewed spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months. The China National Space … Read more
The same processor that powered Apple’s iconic, colorful 1998 iMac is being used to run NASA‘s Perseverance on Mars. The rover is fitted with a PowerPC 750 processor that was found in the iMac G3 before Apple switched to Intel chips in 2005, New Scientist reports. The processor, which is also found in the Curiosity … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance rover, the parachute that helped it land and the descent stage have been spotted on Mars by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars orbiter. The rover first landed on the Red Planet on February 18 after a hair raising ‘7 minutes of terror’ descent to the Martian surface that saw it slowed down … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance rover has spent the last week on the surface of Mars and in that short time has already sent back thousands of photos – including a cheeky selfie. The latest rover from the US space agency landed on the Red Planet just before 21:00 GMT on Thursday, February 18 after a hair raising … Read more