http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) -- As Mars rover Curiosity makes its final approach to the Red Planet, two UA geoscientists are getting ready to help solve some of the mysteries of its geologic past. http://phys.org/news263193796.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:23:32 EST news263193796 Mars is set to get its latest visitor Sunday night when NASA's new robotic rover, named Curiosity, attempts to land there. Mars has been a prime target for space exploration for decades, in part because its climate 3.5 billion years ago is believed to have been warm and wet, like early Earth. http://phys.org/news263188382.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:53:14 EST news263188382 The highly anticipated landing of NASA's sophisticated $2.5 billion rover on Mars will be broadcast on a large screen in New York City's Times Square, NASA said on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news262969154.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:00:24 EST news262969154 On August 5th at 10:31 p.m. Pacific Time, NASA will gently deposit their new, 2000-pound Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, wheels-first and ready to roll. Quite a feat – because it will come screaming through the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph. http://phys.org/news262948520.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:15:29 EST news262948520 (Phys.org) -- As NASA prepares for next week's Curiosity rover landing on Mars, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton share this thrilling story of NASA's hardest planetary science mission to date. The video titled, "Grand Entrance," guides viewers from entry through descent, and after landing. http://phys.org/news262945460.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:24:26 EST news262945460 Every time NASA lands a rover on Mars--or even makes the attempt--it is cause for celebration. On August 5th, the heavens themselves are aligning to mark the event. http://phys.org/news262858681.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:40:02 EST news262858681 "The United States of America" has become entrenched as one of the most frequently printed phrases in the modern era of written English, a study of 500 years of language evolution has shown. http://phys.org/news262407156.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:52:48 EST news262407156 With all the fanfare about Mars rover Curiosity landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, it’s easy to forget that there’s already a rover on Mars—an older, smaller cousin set to accomplish a feat unprecedented in the history of Solar System exploration. http://phys.org/news261909553.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:39:23 EST news261909553 (Phys.org) -- NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars will not be easy. http://phys.org/news261714479.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:28:06 EST news261714479 (Phys.org) -- The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a highly detailed image of a pair of overlapping galaxies called NGC 3314. While the two galaxies look as if they are in the midst of a collision, this is in fact a trick of perspective: the two just happen to appear in the same direction from our vantage point. http://phys.org/news258887570.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:13:26 EST news258887570 NASA's Mars rover, nicknamed Curiosity, is zeroing in on its August landing on the Red Planet and aims to touch down closer than expected to its mountain target, the US space agency said Monday. http://phys.org/news258645751.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:02:37 EST news258645751 (Phys.org) -- Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, Curiosity, currently flying to Mars for an August landing. http://phys.org/news256204929.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 May 2012 09:02:29 EST news256204929 Take a look around Curiosity’s cozy cabin! Ok, there’s really not much to see (she didn’t get a window seat) but when the image above was taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on April 20, the spacecraft she’s tucked into was just over 120 million km (74 million miles) from Earth, en route to Mars. In other words, just past those blurry components and outside that dark shell is real outer space… that’s cool! http://phys.org/news255689109.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 May 2012 09:46:23 EST news255689109 The Curiosity rover is currently on its way to Mars, scheduled to make a dramatic landing within Gale Crater in mid-August and begin its hunt for the geologic signatures of a watery, life-friendly past. Solid evidence that large volumes of water existed on Mars at some point would be a major step forward in the search for life on the Red Planet. http://phys.org/news253526888.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:08:25 EST news253526888 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, halfway to Mars, adjusted its flight path today for delivery of the one-ton rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars in August. http://phys.org/news252056447.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:40:57 EST news252056447 The non-profit group behind thought-provoking TED conferences launched an education channel on YouTube in a bid to make learning irresistible. http://phys.org/news250749158.html Technology Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:32:46 EST news250749158 With a pair of bug-eyes swiveling on a stalk nearly 8 feet off the ground, the 6-wheeled, 1800-lb Mars rover Curiosity doesn’t look much like a human being.  Yet, right now, the mini-Cooper-sized rover is playing the role of stunt double for NASA astronauts. http://phys.org/news249301918.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:32:06 EST news249301918 Firing on all engines, NASA's latest rover to Mars executed a course adjustment Wednesday that put it on track for a landing on the red planet in August. http://phys.org/news245529110.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:10:49 EST news245529110 A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward Mars prepared to fire its thrusters Wednesday to put itself on course for an August landing. http://phys.org/news245486811.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:47:33 EST news245486811 On Nov. 26th, Curiosity blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Riding a plume of fire through the blue Florida sky, the car-sized rover began a nine month journey to search for signs of life Mars. http://phys.org/news243160422.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:50:01 EST news243160422 NASA's lone surviving Mars rover has been busy exploring its surroundings since it rolled up to its latest crater destination four months ago. Now the solar-powered, six-wheel Opportunity is in search of a place to hunker down for the winter. http://phys.org/news242494261.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:31:13 EST news242494261 The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life. http://phys.org/news241524964.html Space & Earth Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:16:42 EST news241524964 NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 instruments designed to search for evidence of elements needed to support life – namely, water and carbon-based materials – and to characterize life-limiting factors, such as the planet's radiation environment. http://phys.org/news241177344.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:42:44 EST news241177344 (PhysOrg.com) -- In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's heat shield. http://phys.org/news237104163.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:30:01 EST news237104163 Intensive daily training for a limited period is better for children with reading and writing difficulties than the traditional remedial tuition offered by schools, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg. http://phys.org/news236960410.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:20:24 EST news236960410 Curiosity is about to go to Mars. The car-sized rover, also known as the Mars Science Lab, is scheduled for launch in late November or early December 2011 from the Kennedy Space Center. After an eight-month voyage to Mars, Curiosity will land at the foot of a 3 mile high mountain in a crater named "Gale." http://phys.org/news236852984.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:30:56 EST news236852984 Earth microbes trying to make it to Mars must survive sterilization in NASA's clean rooms, harsh cosmic rays during months of space travel, and the Red Planet's unforgiving surface environment. But any bacteria that successfully hitchhike aboard the wheels of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission in 2012 might manage to scratch out a brief existence on the martian surface. http://phys.org/news234521647.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:56:27 EST news234521647 This computer-generated images depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater, beginning to catch morning light. http://phys.org/news233485439.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:04:12 EST news233485439 When the next-generation Mars rover, dubbed Curiosity, touches down on martian soil next summer, its cameras will likely capture a scene similar to what the first explorers of the Grand Canyon witnessed: towering layers of rock and sediment rising up from a dusty valley. http://phys.org/news230804807.html Space & Earth Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:50:01 EST news230804807 NASA is deciding between two places on Mars to send its next rover. http://phys.org/news229229495.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:51:49 EST news229229495