News tagged with exploration

Microsoft says Google is bypassing its cookie stopping technology too

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after the world learned that Google has been bypassing user preferences on Safari based browsers to allow advertisers to leave unwanted cookies on their devices, Microsoft put out a ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 22 | with audio podcast weblog

Opportunity rover finds mineral vein deposited by water

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

IQ level tied to choice of internet browser

In a study that is likely to incite controversy, AptiQuant, a Vancouver, British Columbia based Psychometric Consulting company has released a report that it says shows users of Microsoft Internet Explorer ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (43) | comments 58 | with audio podcast weblog

New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of self-powered microsensors for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

NASA trapped Mars Rover finds evidence of subsurface water

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ground where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit became stuck last year holds evidence that water, perhaps as snow melt, trickled into the subsurface fairly recently and on a continuing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Opportunity finds possible meteorite

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took at the end of an 81-meter (266-foot) drive on Sept. 16 reveal a dark rock about 31 meters (102 feet) away. The rover's science team ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dark shadows on Mars: Scene from durable NASA rover

(Phys.org) -- Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Opportunity rover rolling again after fifth Mars winter

(Phys.org) -- With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off the sunward-tilted outcrop, called Greeley Haven, where it worked during its ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Mars Rover starts its 9th year

Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ago.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

SpaceX Falcon 9 Set for Critical Engine Test Firing on Monday, April 30

On Monday, April 30, SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) is all set to conduct a critical static engine test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket at the firm’s launch pad on Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

SpaceX plans historic first flight on May 7

SpaceX confirmed it plans to launch a rocket and capsule on May 7 in a historic first flight of a private spaceship to the International Space Station.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

WSU astrobiologist proposes fleet of probes to seek life on Mars

A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with "a strong and comprehensive life detection component." At the heart of their proposal ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

(AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Bringing Mars back to Earth

The search for life should be an essential component of a sample return mission from Mars, according to a recent report examining the science behind such a venture.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

New motor can cut space exploration costs

(Phys.org) -- A European team of researchers led by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has developed a prototype of a new, ultra-compact motor that will enable small ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (21) | comments 13 | with audio podcast