The Perseverance rover has been on Mars for almost three Earth years, but it just reached a uniquely Martian milestone. The wheeled explorer has now been on the red planet for 1,000 Martian days—or sols. NASA says the rover still has plenty of work to do, but it’s taking time …
Read More »NASA Celebrates TESS Exoplanet Hunter
NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in 2018 with a two-year mission to scan the sky for exoplanets. As often happens with NASA spaceflight, the mission has long passed its design timeline. NASA is now celebrating the fifth anniversary of TESS, and it hopes to see the planet …
Read More »NASA’s Data Sonification
A few short decades ago, we could only speculate about the possibility of planets beyond our own solar system, but then we started finding them. Little by little, the universe has become a bustling place with more exoplanets being discovered every year. How many? NASA JPL says as of March …
Read More »Google 10 Years of Chrome
Google launched Chrome OS a decade ago with a device you couldn’t even buy called the CR48. Now, you can get Chrome OS laptops from numerous manufacturers for a pittance, and they’re selling better than Apple computers. Google is celebrating 10 years of Chrome OS with the launch of …
Read More »NASA Celebrates 15 Years
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently passed its 15th anniversary leaving Earth behind to observe the red planet, and NASA is celebrating by recapping some of the robot’s best images. You’ve probably seen some of them pop up over the last few years but maybe never stopped to appreciate …
Read More »Google doodle celebrates Marie Harel, the inventor of Camembert cheese
Today’s special Google doodle honors the inventor of the Camembert cheese. Marie Harel was born 256 years ago today in Crouttes, France. She invented the Camembert cheese back in 1791, at the age of 30. The Google doodle shows the steps it takes to make Camembert cheese in nine different …
Read More »Soccer coach Arlan Vomhof celebrates 400th year of collective coaching
In fact, it was a milestone; head soccer coach Arlan Vomhof held his 400th collective victory in the palm of his hand. In his time coaching the Topeka Seaman boys and girls soccer team, Vomhof racked up around 50 victories. Vomhof said it felt strange to have reached the milestone …
Read More »Abdul Sattar Edhi Google doodle celebrates Pakistani humanitarian who founded Edhi Foundation
Today’s Google doodle honors Abdul Sattar Edhi, a man who dedicated his life to providing social services for those in need. Crediting Edhi with being a “global-reaching philanthropist and humanitarian,” Google says Edhi was born in India but moved to Pakistan soon after it became a nation, founding the Edhi …
Read More »Bessie Coleman Google doodle celebrates 125th birthday of first African-American female aviator
Today’s Google doodle marks the 125th birthday of Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African-American and Native American descent. The doodle includes an animated image of Bessie, or “Queen Bessie,” as she was known during her exhibition flying career — and links to a query for “Bessie Coleman.” After …
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