When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, ...
Mars doesn’t have much in the way of moons—just two small, lumpy objects called Phobos and Deimos. Mars doesn’t have much in the way of moons—just two small, lumpy objects called Phobos and Deimos.
NASA released images Thursday showing what the Curiosity rover saw on Mars during two solar eclipse events in March. The remarkable images came from the rover's Mast Camera, with a solar filter that ...
LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has taken the first high-resolution images of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos as they passed in front of the Sun. The images were taken ...
There’s a version of this that almost every one of us has experienced: standing outside during a partial solar eclipse, ...