#November2018

Space Swoon: NASA InSight Lander sends back gorgeous image of the Martian horizon

nasa insight lander mars landscape

It can feel like everything is shit these days, for sure. I get it, I get it. But, when I’m down, news like this picks me up a notch. We got a goddamn lander sending back pictures from Mars. Mars!

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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has chosen its landing site, the Jezero Crater

nasa mars rover jezero crater

Kepler may be dead, but an upcoming mission to Mars is a great way to get over the loss. To that end, NASA has announced where the Mars Rover will be landing in 2020. Where? The Jezero Crater. I don’t know it, it sounds rad as fuck, let’s go!

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The Mars Curiosity Rover is operational again, baby! Ain’t got time to die!

mars curiosity rover operational

Curiosity is back up and running, motherfuckers! Granted, its limited in its operations. But that’s better than nothing, no?

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Space Swoon: Liquid water on Mars found in underground aquifer according to scientists

mars liquid water underground

Oh fuck. Is this it? Have scientists really found liquid water on Mars? Well, they certainly fucking think so.

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Mars has a dust storm so big it is encircling the entire fucking planet!

mars curiosity dust storm

I say goddamn, does Mars ever have a dust storm. In fact, the motherfucker has grown so big that its encircling the entire Red Planet.

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NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers methane on Mars changes with the seasons. What does this mean?!

nasa mars methane changes

NASA’s Curiosity rover has dug up some pretty fucking rad findings. The methane on Mars changes with the seasons. What does that mean? Good fucking question!

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Space Swoon: The Earth And Moon As Seen From Mars

the earth and moon from mars

Want some perspective? Here is the Earth and Moon, as seen from Mars.

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Space Swoon: Mars Has Craters With Glorious Hues

martian crater hues

Mars got itself some gorgeous craters, with some gorgeous hued slopes.

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NASA Images Suggest the ExoMars Lander Exploded During Landing

nasa exomars lander

Bummer! Big bummer for the European Space Agency. Images provided by NASA suggest that the ExoMars lander exploded as it attempted to land on the Red Planet.

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Watch: The Earth Rise from the JAXA Kaguya spacecraft

This week, the Japanese Space Agency released the first HD footage of the Earth Rise from the Moon. This footage, man. This footage is fucking stunning. Glory! Perspective! Now, just imagine HD footage from Mars. Okay, yeah, fine. This is only tangentially related. But it still gets my geek-gonads gooey.

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