You Can Name a Planet in Outrageous Contest
Earth, Mars, Neptune – how hard can it possibly be to name a planet?
Now’s your chance to find out.
Earth, Mars, Neptune – how hard can it possibly be to name a planet?
Now’s your chance to find out.
The coolest thing we've ever found behind the house was a cigar box with our dad's stash in it, so this NASA find is pretty exciting.
Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to 'Jewel in the Night,' by Colonel Chris Hadfield.
Mars is in the news these days thanks to the Curiosity rover which recently landed on the red planet. The goal of the six-wheeled robot is to find signs of life on Mars, and NASA also hopes that its 23 month mission will increase public awareness of the space program.
But will it rekindle interest in sending a manned mission to Mars?
With the help of a cool mohawk-wielding mission controller, NASA was able to successfully navigate the Curiosity rover onto Mars.
NASA’s been to Mars before, but this trip is making history.
After an eight month journey, NASA’s multi-billion dollar rover Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars early this morning. Mission controllers cheered after the six-wheeled, one-ton machine made a perilous seven-minute landing involving a parachute, rocket pack and sky crane.
Some people may think climate change is just a myth, but there’s no arguing with this: NASA scientists say the earth’s surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880. What’s more, nine of the 10 warmest years in modern recorded history have occurred since the year 2000.
It's an amazing sight and something you'll never see it on this planet. A 90-minute storm on the surface of the Sun was captured on video by NASA last week.