
GeekSpin - 2 days 3 hours ago
Space image processing and anomalies specialist Keith Laney wasn't looking for anything extraordinary. In 2001, while reviewing publicly available images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), he noticed a striking geometric formation in Valles Marineris a canyon so vast it would stretch across the continental United States, dropping four miles at its deepest points. The feature […] Read the original article here: Pyramid similar to those in Egypt spotted on Mars...

IEEE Spectrum - 2 days 3 hours ago
Jupiter's orbit is one of the harshest places in the solar system when it comes to radiation exposure. The planet has a potent magnetic field that extends out past its huge system of moons, and that field breaks down and ionizes sulfur dioxide gas spewed by the volcanic moon Io, feeding a giant radiation belt of fast-moving charged particles. It's a challenging environment in which to operate a camera, to say the least. A self-healing CMOS imager could help extend the lifetime of cameras...

Newser - 2 days 7 hours ago
A crucial set of "eyes" failed to open on Russia's latest cargo run to the International Space Station. After Monday's launch from Kazakhstan, the uncrewed Progress 94 spacecraft did not deploy two automated rendezvous antennas, a glitch that could block its planned self-guided docking, NASA says. The ship is hauling...

Retraction Watch - 2 days 8 hours ago
A physicist in India has accumulated three retractions and 13 expressions of concern for papers on superheavy elements after three researchers in the field began to flag issues with his work. H.C. Manjunatha, the common author on the articles, is with the physics department at the Government First Grade College in Devanahall, according to his … Continue reading Physicists flag over 50 papers on superheavy elements, leading to 3 retractions...

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 10 hours ago
If you liked this post, I hope you'll consider becoming a subscriber to Terra Affirma, the weeklyish newsletter where I publish my comics poems and illustrated essays in hopes of building a new home for the illustrated column of the same name that I used to write and paint for YES! Magazine. Paid subscribers help […] The post The Harrier appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .