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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Opportunity found a jelly doughnut rock on Mars?


Language Arts

For class January 24, 2014

After you finish your short research project, take some time to find out about the new rock that Opportunity found recently.  It will be important to find a valid source, as there are many conspiracy theories out there.  When you are done, you will share how you searched for the website, the website you used, and one interesting thing you found.

I've got a sample for you!


30 comments:

  1. How I found the article: I typed in NASA Jelly Doughnut Rock on Mars into Google. After the results came up, I clicked on "News" to narrow my results. After that, I looked at the websites and chose "The Washington Post" because they are a national newspaper and very trustworthy.

    Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

    What I found out: They interviewed Steve for this article, so it makes me confident in the results. There is a movie on this website from Nasa - so that would be good. The article tells the main two theories about where the rock came from. I bet Steve's theory will be right. I'm not going to write the theory here - you find that out yourself. BUT when you post, make sure you share what you found!!!


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  2. How I found the article: I typed in Jelly Doughnut on Mars into Google. I clicked News.. Then, I clicked on NBC news, because they are a very reliable source.

    Website: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mysterious-mars-rock-looks-jelly-doughnut-defies-explanation-2D11972899

    What I found out: It is a mystery rock that just suddenly appeared on Mars. It was Sol 3528 that Opportunity passed and nothing was there.. Then Sol 3540 went past again and the rock was there! Steven Squyres said the weird rock is a example of how the red planet keeps surprising us even, 10 years later..

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  3. How I found the article: I typed into Google "NASA Jelly doughnut rock." After the results came up, I didn't click on news the thing that I wanted actually came up so I clicked on it and then I trust "The Washington Post" because they are very trustworthy.

    Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

    What I had found: I found Opportunity found that NASA nicknamed "blueberries" on Mars - small iron rock-rich spheres that littered the planets the planet's surface and hinted at the presence of ancient water. The rock turned up a few weeks ago on the rim of Endeavour Crater, a spot called Murray Ridge, where Opportunity is spending its sixth Martian winter. But the after photo, taken 12 days later, depicts the stark arrival of a white-and-maroon oddity. One possibility is that a nearby impact could have flung a piece of debris Opportunity’s way. Or, in what Squyres believes is the more likely explanation, one of the rover’s six wheels flicked it up out of the ground.

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    1. I think that that is VERY well written and has a lot of information. Great job!!!!!! :)

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  4. What I typed in: http: //www.usatoday.com/tech/. I typed it in Google. After the web sights came up I clicked on News to get better results. After that, I looked at the web sights and chose USA TODAY because they are trust worthy.

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  5. This is something that I forgot to add
    The team has also released new Opportunity results, published in the journal Science on Thursday, of an ancient clay-forming, subsurface aqueous environment at the site of Endeavour Crater. Some of the exposed rocks are the oldest materials investigated to date by Opportunity, from a time when Mars would have been habitable.

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    1. More great information Alicia

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  6. How I found the article- I typed in "jelly doughnut on mars'' into Google. Then I click news. Then I looked through the articles and clicked The Los Angeles Times article.

    Website- http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-a-mars-jelly-donut-rock-20140120,0,7383667.story#axzz2rKHWGlWS

    What I found- A random rock just suddenly got on mars. Opportunity passed one area on Sol 3528 and nothing was there. But when he came back on Sol 3540, there was a strange object that looks like a jelly doughnut! There has been many theories of how it got there. One realistic thing that could have happened is that the rover could have been ''wheeling around'' and dug it up with its wheels, uncovering the rock. Another thing that could have happened is that it got there when something hit the red planet. "We're completely confused," Squyres said. "We're having a wonderful time. Everyone on the team is arguing and fighting." is one thing he has said. Even through everyone disagreeing he is having a great time investigating.

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  7. I found the news article by typing in on oolon Jelly doughnut on mars nasa news articles and went over to the middle one on the top. Washington times.

    Website: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/17/mars-mystery-jelly-doughnut-rock-baffles-nasa/


    What I found out: They actually interviewed him and he said that it wasn't there before
    also that Steve thinks that it could have been from the impact of a medore or the wheel of the rover just hit a rock and made it look like that.

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  8. How i found the site:I put in the search bar Jelly donut on mars.Then i clicked one news. Then i clicked on the first website.

    Website:http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/science/20140121/jelly-doughnut-shaped-rock-appears-out-of-nowhere-on-mars

    Found out:The mars senec does not change much, so this is kinda new to JPL.Even though JPL has seen weird on mars nithing quite like this.It appeared on sol 3528.Two weeks ago it was found.

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  9. How I found the source: I typed jelly doughnut on mars? into google. the i went to the top and pressed the news button. After that I clicked on USA Today and got a video instead of an article and it turns out that the scientists in JPL think that the rock was just turned upside down by one of Spirit's turns she made it got flipped.

    The link to the website: http://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/sciencefair/2014/01/23/4793267/

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    1. I think it was posit is possable that spirit made the rock but science spirit failed in 2010 and they found it two days ago it could not have been from spirit.

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  10. The website i used: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html. The rock was found a few days after the aniverssery of Spirit and Opprtunity. Opprtunity walked by a place with nothing to be found he came back there was a rock that just apperad.

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  12. The website i used: http://www.newsoxy.com/science/jelly-doughnut-rock-mars-153378.html Steve thinks that Opportunity's wheel kicked it up and know it want back and know it sees it so they are looking at it.

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  13. I found the source on: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html Some rock just appeared that looked like a powdered jelly donut. This rock is of course called "Jelly Donut" rock. This strange event happened 12 days after Opportunity took a picture in the exact spot. Steve was interviewed and he said that it probably was just from the rover "kicking" it with one of it's wheels. Since then, people have been coming up with strange conspiracies of how it got there.

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  14. I searched "jelly doughnut rock on mars" in google, then I hit on the news bar so that the info would be more truthful. I clicked on "The Seattle Times", because that website can be trusted. Here's the website: http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022742073_apxscimarsrock.html
    What I found was that Steve Squires thinks that Opportunity kicked it up with one of his wheels and that's why it wasn't there before. I think that is the most reasonable explanation. Also, I believe Steve and I think he can be trusted. That's what I found when I researched the jelly doughnut on Mars.

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  16. How I found the article:
    I typed in Mars Jelly Doughnut Rock, & clicked on the news tab. Then I looked around & saw an article from New York Times. I trust New York Times because I've read it and seen it when I was living in New York.

    Link to NY Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/science/space/mars-rover-marks-an-unexpected-anniversary-with-a-mysterious-discovery.html

    What I found out that was new:
    I found out that the jelly doughnut rock was that it might of had been flipped up from it's underside by Opportunity's lame front right wheel

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  17. What I typed in: Jelly Doughnut on Mars
    The website I used: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html
    What I found: One theory is that nearby impact could have thrown debris Opportunity’s way. Or what Steven Squyres thinks is that one of the six wheels on the rover flung up the rock out of the ground. "This rock is a huge clue to water on Mars", some people are saying.

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  18. What I typed:I typed in Doughnut Rock NASA in google and I stayed in Web and I found a lot of information.

    Website:http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/tech/innovation/mars-mystery-rock/

    What I Found:I found a comment from CNN and it said "Did Opportunity order a jelly doughnut?"But thats not what happend.When scientist noticed it they were suprised by this discovery.This article had very many facts
    about what Steve Squyres thought this doughnut was.It said that the labortory was fighting of what it was.Also it said that NASA is sending a rover to mars to explore in 2020.But I think that Steves theroy is right.

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  19. I searched : Opportunity found Jelly Donut Rock on Mars, and this is what i got, Steve thinks that when Opportunity drove over it flipped over the rock and one side was covered in dust and the other side wasn't.

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  20. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140129.html

    I searched Nasa Jelly doughnut rock, and this is what came up,when opportunity caught that image they think it got rustled up to the surface by opportunity but, it still is a mystery how it got there.

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  21. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/mars-jelly-doughnut-clearly-alien-fungus-astrobiologist_907818.html
    i searched jelly doughnut on mars scientist say it grow from a different picture
    scientist say it mite expose to moisture due to weather changes on mars

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  22. What I typed in was: Jelly Doughnut rock on mars then I clicked news, then I found an article by CNN News they are pretty trustworthy.

    Website:http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/tech/innovation/mars-mystery-rock/

    What I found: Scientists were very surprised when the rover Opportunity took a picture of a mysterious rock The Jelly Doughnut. When Opportunity first took a picture of that spot the rock was not there, but the second time Opportunity took the same picture the rock was there! Steve thinks the most likely scenario is that when Opportunity past by he flicked the rock out in the open.

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  23. I looked up Jelly Doughnut on mars
    http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2014/01/mars-jelly-doughnut-rock-found-by-rover-puzzles-nasa-2463434.html

    I found: The Jelly Doughnut Rock has a twice as much magnesium than other stuff and it has high amount of sulfur. Manganese is a key thing for all living things.

    I looked up: Jelly Doughnut on mars
    http://www.wcyb.com/mystery-doughnut-rock-spotted-on-mars/-/14590664/24017126/-/ks6otx/-/index.html

    I Found: That Twelve days after Opportunity took the picture, the jelly doughnut rick appeared.The rover had not actually did not drive over that particualer spot

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  24. I looked up Jelly donut rock

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6AKJwPRAtaMCsC5gGBP0L4NaO3g?docId=a0644349-c6a0-4a3b-9e51-fa5a5a201ff8

    I found: The scientists think the rover kicked the jelly donut rock, now called Pinnacle Island, when driving. They are going to move around to try and see where the rock might have popped out.

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  25. What i searched: NASA Jelly Donut Rock. Then I searched for a trustworthy website. I came to the conclusion to pick Discovery News.

    Website.http://news.discovery.com/space/mystery-rock-appears-in-front-of-mars-rover-140117.htm

    What I found: Scientists were very surprised to see that a mysterious rock had appeared. It hadn't been there before when the rover took pictures. How did it get there now? It also looked like a jelly filled donut.

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  26. What i found: Now the veterans rover is celebrating a decade of operation with its discovery of a mysterious "jelly donut".

    wedsite: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mars-rover-finds-mysterious-jelly-doughnut-rock/2014/01/23/c96bfc6e-8455-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

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  27. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mysterious-mars-rock-looks-jelly-doughnut-defies-explanation-2D11972899

    The scientists that there could've been to possible explinations for the jelly doughnut appearing on mars and they think that it's was from an asteroid, or it couldv'e been from sprits wheel kicking it up, Steve said the best answere to the solution is most likely sprirt kicking it up

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