The naming of Tooley crater
Like Einstein, Galileo, and Copernicus, former NASA program manager Craig Tooley now has a place on the Moon named in his honor. Tooley crater is a 7 km crater in a permanently shadowed region of Shoemaker crater near the lunar south pole. The new cr.....»»
What"s in a name? Glimmers of evolution in naming babies, choosing a dog, study finds
Maverick was first used as a baby name after a television show called "Maverick" aired in the 1950s, but its popularity rose meteorically in 1986 with the release of the movie "Top Gun." Today, it is even used for baby girls......»»
After 80 Years, a Pearl Harbor Sailor Laid to Rest
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. — a federal holiday honoring military personnel who died serving their country. After the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, 389 unidentified sailors had been interred in a volcanic crater in Honolulu officially de.....»»
How researchers use impact craters on Mars to date geological events
Observing Mars from orbit can help us understand the history of the planet, as recent Mars Express images of an impact crater show......»»
Martian dust devils leave wild tracks all over Mars crater
Peering down on Mars, a distant NASA satellite captured curious lines crisscrossing a Martian crater.There's no doubt these are natural tracks left by Martian dust devils, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) research team at the U.....»»
NASA"s Mars Helicopter scouts ridgeline for Perseverance science team
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently surveyed an intriguing ridgeline near the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater. The images—captured on April 23, during the tiny helicopter's 27th flight—were taken at the request of the Perseverance Mars.....»»
Perseverance rover begins exploration of ancient river delta on Mars
The Perseverance rover has begun exploring one of the most exciting areas of Mars: The delta in the Jezero crater......»»
Enigmatic rock layer in Mars" Gale crater awaits measurements by the Curiosity rover
Scientists have been studying the sediments within Mars' Gale crater for many years using orbital data sets, but thanks to the Curiosity rover driving across these deposits we can also obtain up-close observations and detailed measurements of the roc.....»»
Here"s something rare: A Mars crater that isn"t a circle. What happened?
Most impact craters are usually circular and fairly symmetric, but not all. This oddly shaped crater on Mars is obviously an impact crater, but it has a unique oblong shape. What happened?.....»»
Perseverance rover arrives at ancient river delta for new science campaign
After collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign and completing a record-breaking, 31-Martian-day (or sol) dash across about 3 miles (5 kilometers) of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover arrived at the doorstep of Jezero Crater's.....»»
Netflix Shares Crater 20% After Company Reports it Lost Subscribers For the First Time in More Than 10 Years
Shares of Netflix cratered more than 20% on Tuesday after the company reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter. This is the first time the streamer has reported a subscriber loss in more than a decade. From a report: The compan.....»»
NASA"s self-driving Perseverance Mars rover is breaking records
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is using its self-driving capabilities as it treks across Jezero Crater seeking signs of ancient life and gathering rock and soil samples for planned return to Earth......»»
NASA spots dry ice and gullies in a Martian crater
From over 100 miles above the surface, a NASA satellite spotted dry ice and gullies inside a Martian crater. It gets quite chilly on Mars during its winter — NASA's rovers contend with temperatures of -140 degrees Fahrenheit, though it gets muc.....»»
Citizen scientists are helping to map Mars’s strange ridge features
Members of the public are helping to map unusual ridge features in the Jezero crater on Mars, near to the area where the Perseverance rover is exploring......»»
See ridged ‘brain terrain’ crater captured by Mars Express
The Mars Express orbiter has captured a series of images showing a stunning view of impact craters in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars......»»
Daring NASA helicopter captures stunning view of the Martian desert
NASA's trusty helicopter will soon enter some precarious terrain.The aerial craft Ingenuity is headed to a dried-up river delta in the Jezero Crater, a land filled "with jagged cliffs, angled surfaces, projecting boulders, and sand-filled pockets tha.....»»
Google Clears Up a Bit of Android 12 “June 2022 Feature Drop” Beta Confusion
Google dropped a surprise Android 12 Beta update on us yesterday that was labeled as both a “Quarterly Platform Release” and the “June 2022 Feature Drop.” The naming was slightly odd, since Google’s Pixel Feature Drops a.....»»
Controversial Impact Crater Under Greenland"s Ice is Surprisingly Ancient
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2018, an international team of scientists announced a startling discovery: Buried beneath the thick ice of the Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland is an impact crater 31 kilometers wide -- not as big as the.....»»
Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct
Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater buried under a kilometer of Greenlandic ice. The dating ends speculation that the meteorite impacted after the appearance of humans and opens.....»»
Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph
Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface......»»
A rocket is going to crash into the moon: Accidental experiment on the physics of impacts in space
On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into the surface of the moon at nearly 6,000 mph. Once the dust has settled, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will move into position to get an up-close view of the smoldering crater and.....»»