After a week of down time due to a computer glitch, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is once again sending back pictures of its rocky Red Planet locale at Yellowknife Bay. In this fresh panorama, the rover looks as if it’s sticking its drill-equipped robotic arm right in your face. Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago, widely implicated in killing off the dinosaurs, was probably a fast-moving comet, researchers say. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Research news from leading universities Original post on futurity.org Comments on reddit.com
Sand from Mauritian beaches reveals rock from ancient landmass. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Explosion rivalled nuclear blast, but rock was still too small for advance-warning networks to spot. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
There’s another weird thing on Mars, and Nasa really doesn’t know what it is this time. You may remember the $2.5 billion Curiosity rover currently drilling rocks on the Red Planet already found strange shiny things and what was labelled a ‘Martian Flower’. Original post on huffingtonpost.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The US space agency’s Curiosity Mars rover rotates its drill mechanism for the first time, as it builds towards taking a sample from inside a rock. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
New research published today in the journal Nature Geoscience suggests a team of scientists could have discovered the ingredients of life in a huge crater up to 5km below the planet’s surface Original post on nationalpost.com Comments on reddit.com
A newly unveiled asteroid-mining company aims to spur the spread of humanity throughout the solar system by tapping the vast riches of space rocks. Original post on space.com Comments on reddit.com
The cold, dead asteroid Vesta might have had a very active inner life early in the solar system’s history, according to an unusual analysis of a Saharan meteorite. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Archaeologists say they have discovered a string of 3,000-year-old rock tombs in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, containing the remains of wooden coffins, skeletons, furniture and canopic jars. The tombs were dug within the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who reigned … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists analysing Australian rocks have discovered traces of bacteria that lived a record-breaking 3.49 billion years ago, a mere billion years after Earth formed. Original post on smh.com.au Comments on reddit.com
UCL News RSS Feed: The latest news from UCL. Original post on ucl.ac.uk Comments on reddit.com
The origin of ion-pumping proteins could explain how life began in, and escaped from, undersea thermal vents. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
At least one person was killed and at least eight people were injured in an explosion and massive fire that tore through a neighborhood on Indianapolis’ south side late Saturday evening. Original post on theindychannel.com Comments on reddit.com
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson single-handedly foiled a burglary in Hackney, London whilst filming his latest movie The Fast and Furious 6. Original post on metro.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Nasa’s Curiosity rover deploys its laser instrument for the first time, hitting a small Martian rock with 30 short but powerful pulses of light. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: A huge cluster of floating volcanic rocks covering almost 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 square miles) has been found drifting in the Pacific, the New Zealand navy said Friday. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mass of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand.The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) northeast of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 square miles).A navy ship took scientists to the rocks Thursday night. Naval Lt. Tim Oscar says the rocks appeared a brilliant white under a spotlight, like a giant ice shelf.He says it’s the Original post on ap.org Comments on reddit.com
Get up close and personal with UK-based artist Katie Paterson and her latest project, Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky). Original post on thecreatorsproject.com Comments on digg.com
Think you can take the Rock, Paper, Scissors robot? Think again. Original post on latimes.com Comments on digg.com
One thing has always led to debate: how exactly did the tribe move the ‘moai’ – some of which weigh more than 80 tons – to their final destinations without the benefit of modern technology? Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on digg.com
The film centered on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock appeared destined to be reside in endless pre-production. But it seems this Muppet movie’s future has just gotten a little brighter. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jim Byrkit and Alex Manugian have been selected as writers for the film adaptation of the 1980s musical Muppet series…. Original post on pastemagazine.com Comments on reddit.com
One of the best-known showbiz mantras is Original post on time.com Comments on digg.com
Meet Amun 3554. Doesn’t look like much, right? Little more than a mile wide, it’s one of the smallest M-class (metal-bearing) asteroids yet discovered. Original post on mashable.com Comments on digg.com
NBC’s Thursday night lineup is hilarious. Why is no one watching? Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
The UN is figuring out how to ward off a potential collision Original post on popsci.com Comments on digg.com
