Twisters On Mars

Dust devils occur on Earth as well as on Mars. They are spinning columns of air, made visible by the dust they pull off the ground. Unlike a tornado, a [...]

Cruising To Mars

As Rover Curiosity hurtles through space on its way to Mars, it is confronted with many issues that NASA scientists must constantly account for. See the next step of Curiosity’s [...]

Wandering Stars: a tour of the planets

A beauteous rip through the solar sytem, based on NASA’s Science on a Sphere program “The Wanderers.” In ancient times, humans watched the skies looking for clues to their future [...]

Mars Opportunity Discoveries @ 8 Years

The Mars rover Opportunity was supposed to last three months. It’s now going on Nine Years. It’s proved so durable that in 2011 it was essentially sent on a whole [...]

What sets Curiosity apart from other Mars Rovers?

The Mars Science Lab was launched November 26, 2011, and is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The rover Curiosity, after completing a more [...]