Curiosity rover on Mars is watching the clouds drift by and they’re beautiful

NASA’s Curiosity rover just aced a bit of atmospheric science on Mars. The Curiosity rover, now nearing its 10th year of exploring the Red Planet, took imagery of clouds drifting over its exploration site on Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) with an aim to measuring their speed.  But it wasn’t an easy task, NASA’s Jet Propulsion … Read more

Ocean currents: Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats will drift

A competition to forecast the locations of 90 floats drifting in the Atlantic could lead to better methods for tracking oil slicks and locating shipwreck survivors Technology 10 January 2022 By David Hambling A drifting float like those used in the challenge Courtesy of Sofar Ocean A satellite engineer with no background in oceanography has … Read more