Colorized Shot of Mount Sharp… ON MARS! I think this is my favorite of the early pictures from Curiosity.  There is something mysterious and exciting about the mountain in the distance.  
August 9, 2012 VIEW POST
Size Comparison Between Curiosity and the Previous Mars Rovers Curiosity is a BEAST.
August 6, 2012 VIEW POST
Mars Rover Curiosity Lands Safely! This morning, around 1:30 EST, the Mars rover Curiosity landed safely in the Gale Crater, and then celebrated with a Will Wheaton-esk tweet “GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!”  I like that we have come to the point where our major historical events can be celebrated with slightly crude tweets. We also have our First Shots of the Martian surface sent back from Curiosity. Im serious when I say this, I literally could not sleep last night because I was so excited/nervous about the landing.  Lets go SCIENCE!
August 6, 2012 VIEW POST
June 20th, in 1969 we landed on the moon, these were the original impossible astronauts…. I want to go back.
July 20, 2012 VIEW POST
Ever wonder what Titan sounds like?  ME TOO!  According to WIRED: “a team from the University of Southampton in England has used its knowledge of acoustic properties to simulate the sounds of other worlds. The noises, some familiar and some quite alien, represent the rich acoustic diversity in our solar system.” Hit the link for simulated audio of how Mary had a Little Lamb, flowing and splashing liquid, would sound on Titan and Mars.  SCIENCE! WIRED image via NASA
April 3, 2012 VIEW POST
Crazy tornado’s on the sun, officially blow my mind.  Apparently this is plasma “sliding and shifting” on the surface of the sun.  Taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory this is the coolest, most terrifying thing that I have seen in a long time.  Click the photo for a link to the SDO page which includes even more mind ‘sploding videos of the tornadoes in action… SCIENCE!
February 17, 2012 VIEW POST
Nasa’s Kepler spacecraft recent found a new planet in the habitable zone!  Here is hoping its not Gungan filled Naboo… from space.com “The potentially habitable alien world, a first for Kepler, orbits a star very much like our own sun. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet like our own — one which could conceivably harbor life, scientists said.” These are exciting times folks.
December 6, 2011 VIEW POST
Godspeed to the Mars Curiosity Lander, its going to be a long 8 1/2 months.  See below for the larger image.
November 26, 2011 VIEW POST