{"id":120632,"date":"2024-11-01T00:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120632"},"modified":"2024-11-01T00:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:37:47","slug":"perseverance-rover-captures-video-of-googly-eye-feature-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120632","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance rover captures video of \u2018googly eye\u2019 feature on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cm2xcwx32000f356mmtamiypt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    <em>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\/wonder-theory?source=nl-acq_article\"><em>Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcopjh000v2cqrhhvr628s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic \u201cgoogly eye\u201d on Mars during a recent solar eclipse.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000j356mv0pjpsdv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As Phobos, one of Mars\u2019 two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun\u2019s face as well as on<strong> <\/strong>the Martian surface.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000k356mti03zr7v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Perseverance rover, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/24\/science\/perseverance-rover-crater-rim-climb\/index.html\">currently ascending the western wall of Jezero Crater<\/a>, captured a video of the partial eclipse, which resembled a googly eye, on September 30.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000l356mxis616ct@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The eclipse lasted about 30 seconds, which makes the minutes-long solar eclipses seen from Earth seem epic \u2014 but the events are comparatively brief on Mars because Phobos is about 157 times smaller in diameter than Earth\u2019s moon, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mars\/moons\/phobos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000m356mo59w5fnr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Perseverance\u2019s latest observation carries on the tradition of Mars rovers that have served as the few spectators to glimpse \u2014 and record \u2014 a Martian eclipse. Previous images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/curiosity-captured-two-solar-eclipses-on-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes a video taken by the Curiosity rover<\/a> in 2019 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-rovers-watching-solar-eclipses-by-mars-moons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo that the Opportunity rover<\/a> snapped in 2004.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000n356mw18pn28d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            With each video or photo of a Martian eclipse that a robotic explorer takes, astronomers can better understand the changing orbit of Phobos and how its days are numbered.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000o356m7fs3mvxr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Phobos completes an orbit around the Martian equator every 7.6 hours, or three times a day, and is about 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) from the surface of the red planet.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000p356meloza4h7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pockmarked by thousands of meteorites, this moon was once nearly shattered by a giant impact. While it survived the collision, Phobos remains doomed. The tiny moon is drawing closer to Mars at a rate of 6 feet (1.8 meters) every 100 years, and it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up and become a ring around the planet.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000q356myovj76j9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars\u2019 two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in 1877.\u00a0He named them for the Greek gods associated with fear and panic.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000r356mywwgtd78@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Astronomers suspect Phobos and Deimos may be asteroids captured in orbit by Mars\u2019 gravity or fragments scattered during a giant impact with Mars, but mysteries persist about the Martian moons.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000s356mm1a6swwo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmx.jaxa.jp\/en\/mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martian Moons eXploration mission<\/a>, or MMX, intends to solve some of those enduring riddles. The mission, expected to launch in 2026, will closely observe both moons before landing on Phobos, retrieving a sample from that moon and returning it to Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000t356ms30985kw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile, the Perseverance rover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/mars-2020-perseverance\/perseverance-rover\/nasas-perseverance-rover-looks-back-while-climbing-slippery-slope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continues its arduous climb<\/a> up the slippery, 20-degree-sloped surface of the crater wall, which is covered in loosely packed dust and sand and a fine layer of brittle crust.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2xfq3dl0001356m4lbah6eq@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9.59.19\u202fAM.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.7508\" data-original-height=\"1877\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1877\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1877\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1877\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1877\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-59-19-am.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Rover tracks, photographed by one of Perseverance's navigation cameras on October 11, show the slipperiness of Mars' terrain as the rover ascends the rim of Jezero Crater.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1877\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000u356m80spnjl9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            To conquer the difficult terrain, the rover\u2019s engineering team on Earth had the robot experiment with driving backward up the incline, switchbacking and driving closer to the northern edge of \u201cSummerland Trail,\u201d the name given to the rover\u2019s route up the rim.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000v356m4vw1qz5l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Following the northern edge has been the most efficient method for Perseverance\u2019s climb, likely due to the presence of large rocks close to the surface that provide more traction.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000w356mwoyomvxo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The team anticipates the rover will reach the scientifically intriguing crater rim by December.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000x356mbnqxwt7r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The rover recently shared a mosaic that stitches together 44 images showcasing landmark moments from its 3 \u00bd-year journey on the red planet, including its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/22\/world\/mars-rover-new-video-images-scn-trnd\/index.html\">landing site<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/25\/world\/nasa-mars-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends-scn\/index.html\">final airfield of the Ingenuity helicopter<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2xfrs1o0003356mxgz0rbz6@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9.58.06\u202fAM.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.22\" data-original-height=\"550\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"550\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"550\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"550\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"550\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/screenshot-2024-10-31-at-9-58-06-am.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"This enhanced-color mosaic, taken on September 27 by Perseverance, illustrates how far the rover has come since landing in Jezero Crater in February 2021.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"550\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000y356m6z7oh805@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe image not only shows our past and present, but also shows the biggest challenge to getting where we want to be in the future,\u201d said Rick Welch, Perseverance\u2019s deputy project manager at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. \u201cIf you look at the right side of the mosaic, you begin to get an idea what we\u2019re dealing with. Mars didn\u2019t want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2xcyh53000z356mtu4k7imz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Once Perseverance crests the crater rim, it will head for Witch Hazel Hill, a light-colored bedrock feature identified by the rover\u2019s science team as a spot that might be ideal for drilling a rock sample. The team is hopeful that samples collected at points of interest along Perseverance\u2019s journey could determine whether microbial life existed on Mars billions of years ago, when water flowed from a river delta and filled Jezero Crater.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/31\/science\/mars-phobos-eclipse-googly-eye\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. 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