Time ticks by a bit more slowly on the Red Planet.

Mars24 via Smithsonianmag.com

Part of the joy of following NASA's Curiosity mission thus far hasn't been the science(!!!) or, the discoveries (!!!), but the way in which NASA has entertained us, streamed us into mission control the night of the landing, tweeted at us in the voice of the rover, and even egged the Internet on as it enthusiastically memed a cute scientist.

Now, for the truly nerdy among us, NASA is also providing us with an app, Mars24, that provides the time of day on Mars for the locations of the different rovers and other Martian landmarks, according to Joseph Stromberg at Surprising Science. A map of where it is currently day and night on Mars is also included (shown above).

Mars24 via Smithsonianmag.com

Time on Mars isn't just a conversion the way that we add or subtract hours to change time zones here on Earth. Mars actually spins a bit slower than our own planet, and as a result, its whole day is a bit longer -- 24 Earth hours and 39 Earth minutes. (This means that the 3037 Sols -- Martian days -- that Opportunity has been on the planet is something close to 3119 Earth days.) But the convention is to still use a 24-hour day with a 60-minute hour, meaning that each minute on Mars last longer than each minute on Earth.