The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross. Learn about us.
-7 posts tagged "Mars"
Ryan Peters | Monday, November 14, 2022
When Jon Olansen was a child, he wanted to be an astronaut. This dream doesn’t pan out for most children, but Olansen, a Notre Dame alumnus, has come close to living it out. Although he personally will not be walking on the moon, Olansen has spent the past three decades enabling astronauts to travel to
Marcelle Couto | Monday, January 24, 2022
With the advent of developing space companies and recent conversations surrounding the habitability of Earth, this year’s “Ten Years Hence” series uncovers profound reflections not only for the business world, but for the entirety of our current generation. “Life Beyond Earth” is the theme of the 2022 lectures, offered by the Mendoza College of Business.
Allison Thornton | Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Nerd update! Since midterms have been hitting all of us pretty hard the past couple weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to give you something fun to read about. Well, I think this is pretty fun and I hope you do as well after reading this! Maybe I can convert some people
Allison Thornton | Monday, August 31, 2020
If there is one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love space. I love everything from the stars to the theory of relativity. I find it fascinating and mind-boggling all at the same time. There is so much to discover when it comes to the cosmos. One day, while packing up to
Lucy Collins | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Ask anyone who was alive at the time what they were doing July 20, 1969. Chances are, whether they were young or old, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, they were planted in front of a TV set, watching with eyes wide with wonder as history was made and mankind reached the moon. Think about
Sarah Cate Baker | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Despite the news of liquid water on Mars last week, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences Clive Neal said this is not a new discovery. “They found water on Mars — well, we knew there was water. There had been water on Mars from the Mariner and Viking orbital images,“ Neal said Tuesday.
Stephen Raab | Monday, September 28, 2015
Pope Francis’s encyclical “Laudato si” and his recent speech to the United States Congress have both reignited the discussion over climate change, its effects on future human life and what steps we can take to combat it. Some, including students at Notre Dame, have suggested divestment from fossil fuel industries. Others believe that cap-and-trade legislation