Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging Green Gardens core, Perseverance roved on to the Broom Point workspace to collect another sample called Main River.
Check out this post by Denise Buckner, Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/navigating-a-slanted-river/
A rock with a dome-like structure, captured 12 hours ago by Curiosity in the canyon between Texoli Butte and Gould Mesa. It is mentioned in the latest mission update, by Sharon Wilson Purdy: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/
#Mars Mar. 14, 2025 (Sol 4480)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
High resolution image of the eclipse seen from the Moon by #BlueGhost. You can also spot Mercury (left) and Venus (right) just above the eclipse! This is amazing!!!
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Out of this world footage captured from the Moon by the #BlueGhost lander during the solar eclipse.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
On the cover of Science Magazine this week
Interstellar Dust: Mapping dust properties in the Milky Way
Credit image: ESO/Serge Brunier
https://www.science.org/toc/science/387/6739?et_rid=1080503712&et_cid=5559808
I am NOT looking forward to all my enemies coming back to life, especially if it means I need to write my thesis again
A view of "Broom Point" where Perseverance collected the "Main River" sample two days ago
#Mars Mar. 12, 2025 (Sol 1443)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
I am getting really excited for the GR Amaldi meeting in July. Lots of plans are coming together
Abstract submission deadline is Friday 21 March
Registration is open. We will have a free Early Career Workshop before the main meeting, but places are limited
https://iop.eventsair.com/gr24-amaldi16/
We will have public talks, a reception at the Glasgow Science Centre, and a science ceilidh at the conference dinner! Stay tuned for details on a sci/art exhibit
The new issue of Worlds of IF Science Fiction is out. It features a beautiful cover art "Out of an Amber Sky" by Rodney Matthews. An essay with a Lovecraftian title: "From Deep Darkness Came Murmurs of Awakening", by yours truly. And much more.
A rather unusual rock encountered by Perseverance yesterday
#Mars Mar. 11, 2025 (Sol 1442)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Excited by the news of Barnard's Star having a little family? Curious about the absolute RIDE it's been trying to detect exoplanets around this star?
This video was released before the announcement, but it's a good overview of everything up to this point, give it a watch over supper:
If any physics undergrads are interested in an MS, the Masters program at CSUF is still accepting applications! An MS can also be a great option if you're interested in pursuing a PhD - I did one before mine! It's a beautiful campus with very cool research going on!:)
For some good news tonight, you should know that Barnard's star has finally been confirmed to have four little friends.
For real this time!
Messier 96 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The galaxy reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight around end February to early March.
Detailed Information: https://astrocamp.eu/m96
LISTER Drill Surface Operations. NASA's instrument for subsurface thermal exploration began drilling into the surface shortly after landing to determine the heat flow from the interior of the Moon.
Released Mar. 10, 2025, Credit: Firefly Aerospace
https://flic.kr/p/2qRfAfo
This is the device (the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope) used to discover a 3-million-light-year long filament linking two distant galaxies.
Exploring the hidden universe ain't easy!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02463-w #science #nature #astrodon
Two 360° panoramas captured by the Mars rover Perseverance, and recently released by the Mastcam-Z team at Arizona State University. They come in 2 flavors: "enhanced colors" and "natural colors".
1) Trout River/Shallow Bay, Sol 1399
2) South Arm, Sol 1412
https://mastcamz.asu.edu/mastcam-zs-360-panorama-collection/
Check out this post by Melissa Rice on how the Perseverance rover science team was torn with competing priorities: sealing up the "Green Gardens" sample as quickly as possible vs continuing to the next important science stop, "Broom Point".
