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What A Giant Martian Mountain Would Look Like On Earth

The red planet is an alien world, and though it may have once held life, it’s certainly no Earth. But that’s to a recent mammoth panorama shot by Curiosity we can get a glimpse of what it would be life if one of Mars’ mountains was transplanted here to ol’ Terra.

13 March 2013

Science

NASA: Ancient Life Could Have Survived On Mars

After analysing rock samples collected by the Curiosity Rover, NASA has made an exciting discovery: Conditions on a newly discovered grey (instead of red) part of Mars show it had conditions that “once were favourable for life”. It’s an incredible breakthrough.

12 March 2013

Science

A Fantastical Look At Fixing The Curiosity Rover

After spending roughly $US2.5 billion to build the Curiosity rover and deliver it to Mars, there’s no way NASA would let something as trivial as a mechanical breakdown or software glitch stop its journey — not when we could just send up a repair-bot to fix it.

7 March 2013

Entertainment

I Want To Live In This Retro Future Animation Of Life On Mars

Created by Czech designer Lukas Vojir, this animation is a retro-futuristic short commercial for a make-believe life on Mars.

3 March 2013

Science

Crap Shields Could Be Key To Protecting Astronauts Headed To Mars

Star Trek has taught us that in the future, when deadly radiation is about to infiltrate your space ship, all you have to do is yell “Shields up!”, “Full deflectors!” or a similar utterance and a magical bubble of blue energy will spring from nowhere and keep you safe. In reality, such an order could instead see the crew desperately squeezing out number twos.

2 March 2013

Science

Don’t Freak Out, But Mars Rover Curiosity Is Having Its First Big Problem

Considering what it’s involved, Mars Rover Curiosity’s mission has been going really well. Staggeringly well. But that couldn’t last forever. The rover has hit its first real road bump with a gnarly computer failure that’s going to delay all the science-ing for at least a week.

22 February 2013

Science

Evidence Of Martian Life May Be Waiting In This Scoop Of Dirt

Like a Danish gourmet, the Mars Curiosity Rover is about to eat a scoop of ground dirt — the one you can see here. This is the first sample of powdered Martian rock extracted using the rover’s drill.

13 February 2013

Geek Out

Own A Piece Of Mars Without A NASA-Sized Budget

Good news for anyone who has stared in envy as NASA sends rover after rover to explore and study Mars. You no longer need countless millions and a team of rocket scientists to perform your own experiments on the red planet. For just $US25 ThinkGeek will sell you your very own shard of our celestial neighbour.

10 February 2013

Science

Curiosity Has Successfully Drilled For The First Ever Sample Of Mars’ Virgin Bedrock

Since Curiousity has landed on Mars, it’s been roving around finding all manner of… curiosities. Today, it’s pulled off an intergalactic first and drilled 6.35cm deep into the red planet’s bedrock to obtain a sample. No one — no robot, as ever managed to pull that off before.

Geek Out

What The Hell Is This Weird Shiny Object On Mars?

The Mars Curiosity Rover has been busy snapping photos (selfies too) of Mars and found something… strange. A small, shiny, metal-looking “protuberance” sticking out from the red planet. Is it some secret lever to open up a world where Martians exist? Or some random space junk? We don’t know.

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