Some pictures from the Mars rover Curiosity
Layers of Mount Sharp
Rover tracks in outerspace
Mount Sharp
Many more pictures at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/
Tag: astronomy
Venus, Jupiter & The Crescent Moon
So sad I missed the conjunction last night. I bet it was beautiful. It was supposed to have been the best conjunction in years!
[In the quest to find other Earth-like planets, researchers have come across 1,091 possible new planets. These new finds are called Kepler Objects of Interest or KOIs, because they were found using NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The research team is extremely optimistic about the project expecting up to 90% of the new finds to be real planets, with approximately 196 Earth-size planet candidates. The project still has a long way to completion though. Confirmation of new planets is a lengthy process that can take anywhere from 6 months to a year.
[Source] National Geographic