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Sols 4396-4397: Roving in a Martian Wonderland
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 Over the weekend Curiosity continued her trek around the northern end of Texoli butte, taking in the beautiful views in all directions. Steep buttes reveal cross-sections through ancient sedimentary strata, while the blocks in our workspace contain nice layers and veins — a detailed record of past surface […]
Jovian Vortex Hunters Spun Up Over New Paper
Jumping Jupiter! The results are in, storm chasers! Thanks to your help over the last two years the Jovian Vortex Hunter project has published a catalog of 7222 vortices, which you can download here. Each vortex is an enormous swirling windstorm in Jupiter’s atmosphere–terrifying yet beautiful to behold. The vortices are labeled by color (“white” […]
Very Cold Detectors Reveal the Very Hot Universe and Kick Off a New Era in X-ray Astronomy
X-rays are radiated by matter hotter than one million Kelvin, and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy can tell us about the composition of the matter and how fast and in what direction it is moving. Quantum calorimeters are opening this new window on the Universe. First promised four decades ago, the quantum-calorimeter era of X-ray astronomy has […]
University of Delaware Failed to Disclose Professor’s Foreign Government Ties
Monday, December 16, 2024 Wilmington, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that the University of Delaware (UD), located in Newark, Delaware, has agreed to pay $715,580 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose a UD professor’s affiliations with and support from the government of the […]
Brad Williams
Bradley Williams (Brad) is the Associate Director for Flight Programs (Acting) in the Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He oversees more than a dozen missions in operations and approximately another dozen missions in different stages of development. Before stepping into the Associate Director for Flight role, Williams was […]
Sols 4393-4395: Weekend Work at the Base of Texoli Butte
Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 Curiosity continues to make great progress over the Mount Sharp bedrock and will spend the weekend investigating the northern base of the “Texoli” butte. The science team back on Earth enjoyed taking in the beautiful views of nearby “Wilkerson” butte and “Gould Mesa” while digging into the workspace […]
NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just solved a conundrum by proving a controversial finding made with the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago. In 2003, Hubble provided evidence of a massive planet around a very old star, almost as old as the universe. Such stars possess only small amounts of heavier elements […]
NASA DAVINCI Mission’s Many ‘Firsts’ to Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets
NASA’s DAVINCI probe will be first in the 21st century to brave Venus’ atmosphere as it descends from above the planet down to its surface.
Amendment 83: New Opportunity: A.65 Responsive Science Initiatives Research
A.65 Responsive Science Initiatives Research (RSIR) solicits scientific research required to address societal challenges in three thematic areas: Proposals must advance scientific knowledge with the intention of supporting follow-on applications for end users. In addition, investigations must: Proposals submitted to this program will be evaluated using dual-anonymous peer review. ROSES-2024 Amendment 83 releases a new […]
Parker Solar Probe #3point8 Challenge
The Sun (solar system) Sun Overview Facts The Sun Sunspots Solar Storms and Flares Exploration Eclipses Helio Big Year NASA HEAT Stories Gallery More Our Solar System #3point8 Challenge Join Parker Solar Probe as it makes its record-breaking approach of the Sun!On Dec. 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will fly approximately 3.8 million miles […]