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When Mariner 4 sent back the first close-up of Mars in 1965, the printer was too slow for the engineers waiting on it, so they pinned the raw numbers to a wall and coloured them in with pastels bought from an art shop down the road
46+ min ago (409+ words) By Brendan Brown · Editorial process Published July 26, 2026 This is not a metaphor. It is what actually happened. The engineers waiting for the image did not want to wait eight and a half hours. The person who had the idea was…...
NASA Head meets Aberystwyth space rover academic helping find life on Mars
1+ day, 6+ min ago (495+ words) AN ACADEMIC from Aberystwyth University has met the Head of NASA to discuss his work on a Mars rover which will try to find signs of life on the red planet. Jared Isaacman, who has flown into space more than…...
August 12 brings an eclipse and the best Perseids in years
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (1603+ words) For about two minutes on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland, briefly plunging the Sun into darkness. Moments later, the Moon itself will vanish. A total solar eclipse…...
Poetry for Engineers: A Martian Rover Sends a Postcard Home - AOL
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (114+ words) Already, I’ve almost forgotten rain; I know I will never know that again. I move forward with the powers you gave me to live up to my name, Curiosity. This is a land without leaves, fronds, or spines. If there…...
Volunteers bring pioneer life to the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (814+ words) Join us in Altona for three days of live entertainment, parade, family fun, delicious food and more. View the full schedule on the Manitoba Sunflower Festival website. Music, food, and summer vibes at Bethel Heritage Park. Shows at 7 PM. Learn…...
Maine astronaut Jessica Meir takes command of International Space Station
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (154+ words) WMTW NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who is from Maine, officially assumed command of the International Space Station on Saturday during a change of command ceremony, taking over leadership of the orbiting laboratory from Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.Kud-Sverchkov is concluding…...
How does the closest planet to the Sun, with a surface that hits 430 degrees at noon, hold on to billions of tonnes of ice that never melt?
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (1240+ words) By Lachlan Brown · Editorial process Published July 25, 2026 Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. On its hottest daytime terrain, the temperature can reach about 430 degrees Celsius. Yet near its poles, billions of tonnes of water ice sit inside craters…...
Woster: Remembering Mom and Dad in the heat of a South Dakota summer
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (561+ words) Mitchell Republic Woster: Remembering Mom and Dad in the heat of a South Dakota summer "My mother and father each died in the heavy-aired heat of a South Dakota summer, and they were buried in the prairie’s cracked earth," columnist…...
Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on a Potentially Earth-Like World
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (551+ words) This discovery marks a major milestone in the search for life on worlds beyond our solar system. A faint stream of helium escaping from a distant rocky world has revealed something astronomers had never clearly detected before: an atmosphere around…...
Health distributes 150,000 glasses in Catalonia for a total eclipse that can cause permanent blindness
18+ hour, 27+ min ago (468+ words) The Government will distribute 150,000 approved glasses at 23 observation points in 18 municipalities to safely watch the total solar eclipse on August 12 in Catalonia. The operation has been designed for an attendance of over 50,000 people on a day that will have its…...