Space & Physics

Sols 4205-4206: Curiosity Would Like One of Each, Please!

Sols 4205-4206: Curiosity Would Like One of Each, Please!

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 17

Earth planning date: Monday, June 3, 2024 You know that feeling at the ice cream...

Sols 4202-4204: Sticking Around

Sols 4202-4204: Sticking Around

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 20

Earth planning date: Friday, May 31, 2024 Our most recent drive delivered us, as...

Carving Into Carbonates at Old Faithful Geyser

Carving Into Carbonates at Old Faithful Geyser

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 16

This past week on Mars, Perseverance made a pit stop near Overlook Mountain to a...

Mathematicians can't agree what 'equals' means, and that's a problem

Mathematicians can't agree what 'equals' means, and tha...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 36

What does "equals" mean? For mathematicians, this simple question has more than ...

Earth’s atmosphere is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 1993

Earth’s atmosphere is trapping twice as much heat as it...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 26

Earth’s energy imbalance, a key measure of global warming, has doubled in the pa...

Our First Transformer of the Month: Matt Dosberg

Our First Transformer of the Month: Matt Dosberg

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 16

It is impossible to pinpoint a single, static definition of what makes a “Digita...

NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles

NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study E...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 17

The second of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experimen...

Glasses coated in lithium could let us see in the dark

Glasses coated in lithium could let us see in the dark

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 39

A film made of lithium niobate and gratings of silicon dioxide converts infrared...

How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms

How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormo...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 24

Researchers trained a hawk outfitted with microphones to fly through a swarm of ...

An already dead star is dying for a second time

An already dead star is dying for a second time

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 35

A pulsar, the spinning remnants of a star that blew up in a supernova, has been ...

Gene therapy enables five children who were born deaf to hear

Gene therapy enables five children who were born deaf t...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 26

Five children have had gene therapy to treat inherited deafness, this time in bo...

NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space Telescope

NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space Telescope

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 15

After completing a series of tests and carefully considering the options, NASA a...

People are less likely to believe an AI if it conveys uncertainty

People are less likely to believe an AI if it conveys u...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 21

When a large language model expresses doubt about the information it supplies, p...

Moon Tree Planted at U.S. Capitol Marks Enduring NASA, Artemis Legacy

Moon Tree Planted at U.S. Capitol Marks Enduring NASA, ...

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 20

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman provides remarks at a Moon ...

NASA Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

NASA Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 14

The physics remain the same, but the rockets, spacecraft, landers, and spacesuit...

Ames Science Directorate’s Stars of the Month, June 2024

Ames Science Directorate’s Stars of the Month, June 2024

SIN Jun 5, 2024 0 13

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (p...

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