Mars Diffracts! X-ray Crystallography and Space Exploration

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

An epic journey into the role of X-ray diffraction in space! Astrobiologist and intrepid science communicator Lewis Dartnell reveals the crucial role that x-ray crystallography is playing in understanding the formation and history of our planetary neighbour, Mars. Mars Diffracts! X-ray Crystallography and Space Exploration

[@Borjigin.]

This is a *really* well done video. Excellent job!

[@CYFilmStudent]

*Mars Diffracts! X-ray Crystallography and **#Space** Exploration*

[@andrewpotapenkoff7723]

Some river on the mars deserves to be named after Bragg =)

[@ArranFrood]

Great video #howitshouldbedone

[@TheResidentSkeptic]

How does one set a watch to Mars time? Do they just add 40 minutes to it every day, or are they reprogramming their digital watches? This wouldn't surprise me.

[@puddingpimp]

Reprogram? No, watches are generally fixed-function devices. But you could replace the 32.768kHz crystal and replace it with a 31.882kHz crystal, but I don't know where you would get one, aside from taking a 32.768kHz crystal and massing it with a permanent marker. You could also use DC magnetron sputtering if you just happened to have such apparatus laying around the lab. Of course if you were doing a batch for the whole team, you could easily get a batch of custom frequency watch crystals from a manufacturer.

[@zapfanzapfan]

The teams behind the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) have mentioned hacking some alarm clocks to Martian time and buying black out curtains since they had to get up 40 min later every day for the 3 months they stayed on Mars time. After that they relaxed a bit and stayed more within "regular" office hours since the rovers seemed to work well for far more than the planned 3 months.

[@lylemccullough1860]

If its already been made apparent.pardon but do you guys just look at the scatter . cause I've been looking at a download and I think I have seen fossilized pieces of coral in a close proximity to curiosity. remember the beach?

[@NectaviusWolfe]

Two watches? I don't know anyone with even one watch anymore...

[@emilcrafter]

TIL I am a marsian