NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight, clouds in a 16-minute recording on Jan. 17. (This looping clip has been speeded up about 480 times.) The white plumes falling out of the clouds are carbon dioxide ice that would evaporate closer to the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SSIContinue Reading
Consumer advocates first submitted a petition for the reform in 2003. Credit: Deposit Photos US regulators want to make it easier for people to know what’s in each of their alcoholic drinks of choice. The Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has announced it is seeking publicContinue Reading
This image of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument of the Perseverance rover on June 15, 2021, the 114th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA is about to publish the world’s first off-world aircraft accident investigation. Aside from making history, the reportContinue Reading
The USS Stewart rests about 3,500 feet below the ocean’s surface. Credit: Ocean Infinity An autonomous drone fleet overseen by Ocean Infinity has rediscovered the USS Stewart, the only US Navy destroyer ever captured by Japanese forces during World War II. The marine robotics company’s trio of orange, 20-foot-long underwaterContinue Reading
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