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Earth Day
Since today was Earth Day, I thought I would post this NASA News Release…
JPL Earth Scientists Reflect on Earth Day
In commemoration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, we asked JPL Earth scientists to reflect on the event and what it means to them. Here are some of their responses:
“My father was a biologist who [...]
Mars Rovers Are Alive at Five
Mars Rovers Are Alive at Five By Richard S. Chang NASA expected its two Mars rovers to survive only three months in the dusty and freezing Martian conditions. But Saturday was the five-year anniversary of the first robot’s landing. A photo of the Endeavor crater, sent from the Mars rover Opportunity. (NASA/JPL/ASU) The Mars rover Spirit landed on Mars on Jan. 3, 2004. The second, named Opportunity, landed 21 days later. During the past five years, the two rovers have traveled only about 13
Broken-up Asteroids Found Orbiting White Dwarfs
Artists concept of shredded asteroid around white dwarf. NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomers studying white dwarfs have found the remains of "shredded" asteroids around some of these dead stars. This finding suggests that the same materials that make up Earth and our solar system's other rocky bodies could be common in the universe. If the materials are common, then rocky planets could be, too. "If you ground up our asteroids and rocky planets, you would get the same type of dust we are seeing in t
Five years on Mars
Amazing video from JPL.
JPL climatologist Bill Patzert says rest of winter could be fairly dry
JPL climatologist Bill Patzert says rest of winter could be fairly dry Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on January 4, 2009 at 6:29 am From the O. C. Register’s Sciencedude blog, the Sciencedude asks JPL climatologist Bill Patzert if he still forecasts a dry year for Orange County in light of the recent rains: A: First, I will stick with my dry forecast for Southern California. Yes, John Wayne/Irvine has had 4.66″ of rain since 1 July 2008. That’s 128% above normal for this date, almost 2.0″ more t
