Curiosity rover updates: three new posts by Deborah Padgett, Sharon Wilson Purdy, and Ashley Stroupe:
Even the Best-Laid Plans https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4475-4476-even-the-best-laid-plans/ Bumping Back to Business https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/ What IS That Lumpy, Bumpy Rock? https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4479-4480-what-is-that-lumpy-bumpy-rock/
Narwhals may use their iconic tusks to play.
Science News reports on research showing "the Arctic whales poked and prodded a fish that isn't usually a part of their diet."
Curiosity Rover in Gale crater: A drive of ~33 meters during Sol 4483 (March 17, 2025). The drive direction was southwest with a small detour to check out a rock formation, the rover climbed 2.2 meters during the ~59 minute drive. Post drive L-NavCam, the drive data extracted from JPL's waypoint JSON, and a couple of traverse maps (different scales). Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
"More scholars must push back. The idea that #scientists can keep doing what they know must be done to incorporate #DEI into their work while adjusting terms to fit the demands of bigoted autocrats bent on hobbling #science is to whistle loudly past a graveyard of avoidable error, continued financial cuts and #censorship. That #diversity matters to science is a truth — albeit one that has only recently begun to be accepted and applied."
I can’t get over the cognitive dissonance of spending 12 hours of intense work in clinic, using every minute of my 25 years of training and experience to formulate treatment plans for my patients with #cancer, and then to come home and check the news and to read about every part of the infrastructure needed to attain the knowledge for these treatment plans bring intentionally dismantled
This sensor array alone is way beyond "Star Trek/Wars" . Especially wrapped in with the rest of SKA . Surely some answers will be found to questions we have yet to think of.
https://www.skao.int/en/explore/telescopes/ska-low
#astronomy #!astrology #Research #Science #WesternAustralia #CSIRO
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Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies https://theconversation.com/less-than-1-of-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-is-complete-but-its-first-image-reveals-a-sky-dotted-with-ancient-galaxies-252382 #SKA #astronomy #physics #science #STEM
Machine learning framework accelerates theoretical design of nonlinear optical materials https://phys.org/news/2025-03-machine-framework-theoretical-nonlinear-optical.html #science
Why did the iguana cross the ocean?
Science News reports: The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved.
Trump Admin Freezes Bank Accounts of Multiple Non-Profit Organizations
The Trump administration crackdown has escalated to freezing the bank accounts of multiple non-profit organizations.
https://www.freezenet.ca/trump-admin-freezes-bank-accounts-of-multiple-non-profit-organizations/
Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd.
From @ConversationUS: "Newly published research introduces a way to create audible enclaves – localized pockets of sound that are isolated from their surroundings."
@thexylom What was the most jarring to me in the reporting process was how differently local elected officials responded to the rallies. Mind you, the Washington State Capitol is in Olympia, an hour's drive from Seattle, while Atlanta City Hall is a block away from Liberty Plaza!
The James Webb Space telescope has spotted four giant planets orbiting a nearby star. The nearby star is about 130 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. The main thing is that it shows just how powerful the telescope is. It is also helping astronomers to understand the constellation more, which has long been intriguing them.
#PPOD: Happy St. Patrick's Day! On August 7, 2003, the Aqua MODIS instrument acquired this image of Ireland on the first day this summer that most of the island wasn't completely obscured by cloud cover. Ireland is called the Emerald Isle for a good reason. It is draped in vibrant shades of green amidst the blue Atlantic Ocean and the Celtic (south) and Irish (east) Seas. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Researchers are rushing to build AI-powered robots. But will they work?
From @npr: "There are few parts of science and engineering that have a larger gap between expectation and reality than robotics."
Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode.
Goodnight friends.
Blue Ghost’s final message as it signs off from the Moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander at sunset with a crescent Earth on the horizon.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace 
https://flic.kr/p/2qSvk6A
Sunset Shadow
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander captures photo of its shadow on the Moon with the volcanic feature, Mons Latreille, visible on the top right side of the lunar surface.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace https://flic.kr/p/2qSwh2d
