Compare these two close-up pictures taken on sol 20 (left) and sol 24 of a trench dug in the Martian surface by NASA’s Phoenix Lander. Those sols of the Phoenix Mission (a sol is a Martian day), correspond to June 15 and 18 on planet Earth
apan’s biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space.
What more do we know about Mars’ atmosphere? It’s hundreds of times thinner than Earth’s atmosphere and is made of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains traces of oxygen, water, and methane.There are an amazing number of six current live probes exploring Mars. However, only a few show atmospheric phenomena. Here are some of them
His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test this year at Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider, which will be the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.The accelerator, estimated to cost between $5 billion and $10 billion, could provide answers to questions physicists have had for decades.
There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced.
Today’s solstice marks the northernmost point of the Sun’s annual motion through planet Earth’s sky and the astronomical beginning of the northern hemisphere’s summer. But only two days ago, the Full Moon nearest the solstice rose close to the ecliptic plane opposite the Sun
ESA’s Jules Verne ATV has been used for the first time to transfer in one step 811kg of refuelling propellant to the International Space Station while the two vehicles orbited Earth at 28 000km/h. With this premiere for Europe, Jules Verne becomes the first western spaceship to succeed in refuelling another space infrastructure in orbit.
Some planetary scientists have not been appeased by the latest name-change and are planning an event devoted to debating Pluto’s place in the solar system
The singularity lurking inside a black hole would cause cosmic chaos if we unleashed it thankfully, nature keeps coming up with a way to stop us (full text available to subscribers)
His shots of 189 secret spy satellites are the subject of a new exhibit — despite the fact that, officially speaking, the satellites don’t exist. The Other Night Sky, on display at the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum through September 14, is only a small selection from the 1,500 astrophotographs Paglen has taken thus far.
