A photo of the mole on NASA's InSight lander trying to drill into the Martian surface. NASA hide caption
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The mole vexing engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is a scientific instrument known as the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package, or HP3 — or just "the mole" — carried on NASA's InSight probe that landed on Mars a year ago.
"The mole is designed to measure heat flow coming out of the interior of Mars," says Troy Hudson , InSight's instrument system engineer.
Not to change the topic here:
Turns Out the Heart of Mars Is Cold as Ice | The National Interest
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.
If tiny concentrations of carbon dioxide can hold enough heat to create a global warming impact on Earth, why is Mars cold? Its atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide.
The recipe for the temperature of a planet's surface has four major ingredients: atmospheric composition, atmospheric density, water content (from oceans, rivers and air humidity) and distance from the Sun. There are other ingredients, including seasonal effects or the presence of a magnetosphere, but these work more like adding flavour to a cake.
Discovery Station officials act as judges in Mars rover naming contest | Brightside |
Ohio University makes a u-turn over 'insects on Mars' claim as it deletes press release | Daily
Ohio University has deleted an article promoting research by one of its professors claiming that there are insect like creatures scurrying across the surface of Mars.
William Romoser has 45 years of experience studying bugs and said he could see insect-like forms in pictures of the Red Planet sent back by the NASA Curiosity Rover.
His paper was heavily promoted by the university earlier in November but officials have since deleted a page explaining the research from its website.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Underwater Drones, Mars Rover Parts and a High-Tech Revival - The New York Times
On a crisp afternoon in late September, a submarine launched from Governors Island. The 100-pound unmanned vessel bobbed in the waves for a few minutes before dipping briefly underwater, then returned to the dock.
Brian Wilson looked on like a worried parent watching a child swim alone for the first time. "There's no GPS underwater," he said. "It doesn't always know where it is."
Within a few years, Mr. Wilson, the president of Duro, hopes to sell these submarines to harbor authorities, bridge engineers, environmental nonprofits — what industry insiders like to call "blue tech."
UFO sighting: NASA conspiracy claims after 'alien space base' spotted in Mars crater |
These are absolute proof aliens exist, yet NASA has never addressed what these objects and others are
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He claimed this is an image of a “disk” sitting in this huge Mars crater, adding: “There appears to be a giant crevice underneath the alien structure.
The next unusual feature found in the desolate Martian landscape is described as “a building listing at a 45 degree angle”.
He said: “The left hand-side is disguised by some of the Red Planet’s regolith, but some straight lines seem to remain visible.”
Global storms on Mars shoot dust towers up into the air | News Headlines | kmov.com
Last year, a dust storm encircled Mars for months, ending NASA's Opportunity mission when sunlight couldn't reach the solar-powered rover.
But other NASA spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, were able to track valuable information about the storm that's helping scientists understand the phenomenon.
The data sent back by the orbiters revealed dust towers within the 2018 storm. Dust towers occur when dust clouds react to the warmth of the sun and rise vertically. The gigantic clouds can climb incredibly high due to the thin atmosphere. They're also very dense.
Dispute mars conclusion of OPCW conference - Xinhua | English.news.cn
THE HAGUE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 24th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention ended here on Friday with a dispute between the United States and Russia, followed by the adoption of a report by consensus.
It looked like an appropriate ending to a successful week, in which the event participants agreed to update their list of banned chemicals for the first time. However, back inside the conference center, the states parties showed that unity among all the delegates is still far off.
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