Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) from the University of Sydney has taken a deep dive in the oceans surrounding Norfolk Island on an scientific expedition to document previously unexplored reefs.
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USGS Away Team: A Martian Landscape Right At Home
Sitting in the middle of a vast landscape, bordered by a ridge and filled with loose rocks, Lauren Edgar held a hand lens to her eye as she peered at […]
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Tricorder Tech: 3D Outcrop Scanning Using An Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Since the Apple iPhone Pro has an infrared LiDAR built in, geoscientists have presented a variety of possible applications. One of the most attractive applications is the scanning of outcrops.
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A Martian Landscape Right At Home
Sitting in the middle of a vast landscape, bordered by a ridge and filled with loose rocks, Lauren Edgar held a hand lens to her eye as she peered at […]
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Ice Planet Update: Digital Twin Of RRS Discovery Shows How Antarctic Research Began
A project led by the University of Southampton has created a ‘digital twin’ of RRS Discovery – the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest […]
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Tricorder Tech: Artemis Away Team Field Test
Editor’s note: Right now NASA is planning the spacesuit and sensor technology needed for astronauts to operate during prolonged AwayTeam sorties to study astrogeology on the lunar surface. While the […]
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Tricorder Tech: NASA’s Compact Infrared Cameras Enable New Science
Editor’s note: as we develop sensors for the spacecraft we will send to fly by, orbit, and land upon other worlds, packing as much capability into the smallest, rugged, lowest […]
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Lava World Away Team Practice: NASA’s VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic Iceland
With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface can provide […]