On Mars, there are even star dunes …
There are countless geological curiosities observed by the probe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Lately, these are dunes star Harries camera has photographed. (more...)
The wild ride of a massive star observed in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The Hubble and Very Large Telescope foes (The European Space Agency) come to study a star 90 times more massive than the Sun moving at 190,000 km / h, the victim of a cosmic game of pinball. (more...)
Participants in the experiment of the Mars-500 “was placed in an inflatable donut
On Monday, April 26, members of the project “Mars-500″ were unusual test for psychological compatibility. Crew members were divided into pairs and try to keep in balance a giant inflatable “donut” (the diameter of three meters), situated at a height of five meters, ITAR-TASS. At the time of writing the news [...]
Volcanism on Mars for at least 4 billion years?
By analyzing the isotopic composition of finely the famous
meteorite ALH84001 Martian, a group of researchers has found evidence in favor
of the existence of volcanic activity continued for at least 4 billion years
since the birth of Planet Red.
In 1996, the meteorite Allan Hills 84001 ( ALH84001 ) shook the world of
exobiology and the media being [...]
U.S. will rocket to fly to Mars
According to the edition of Washington Post, U.S. president
Barrack Osama has prepared a plan to build missiles capable of carrying humans
to the moon and Mars.
March this year was the warmest on record
Observations of the average temperature of the ocean surface
and the Earth’s land show that in March 2010 was the warmest on record since
1880.
On Mars, there may be salt water
Scientists studying the Martian surface, came to the
conclusion that there may exist puddles and cavities in the ground filled with
salt water, reports the BBC. Previously it was believed that water may be
present on this planet only in the form of ice and water vapor in the atmosphere
- because of the low temperature and low pressure. [...]
For Easter, Opportunity, on Mars, exploring the hills of chocolate!
At the heart of Meridian Plenum , Mars basin, Opportunity has
offered a break at the edge of the crater Conception. To the program, tasting
some amazing rocks.
While her twin Spirit , sandy, became a lookout motionless, Opportunity is
always valiant after six years of wandering on Mars.
Participants of the experiment of the Mars-500 “began to” preflight “training
Participants of the experiment "Mars 500" to simulate the
conditions of prolonged space flight on the Red Planet have begun to prepare. It
is reported by Interfax. The experiment is a joint project of the European Space
Agency and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems.
Mars Express Phobos photography swooping!
In orbit around Mars since 2003, the European probe has just
completed a new overview of Phobos , one is spectacular as Mars Express , 3
March, the small satellite was close to 67 km altitude.
On Mars the camera to capture a humanoid skull
At first glance, the surface of Mars looks like a rocky
desert. However, the panoramic camera photographed an unusual object of NASA. In
the middle of the desert was photographed by some object, a form resembling a
humanoid skull. And in the skull stand out … eye sockets and nose.
Life on Mars probes killed
This version of the futility of Mars research has put forward
a group of scientists from NASA’s Johnson Center in Houston, held in a
conference on the study of the Moon and planets. The assumption specialists
publishes the journal New Scientist.
Cosmic rays forced NASA Mars probe to reboot
Martian probe NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
independently rebooted my computer and went into safe mode raboty.Ob this on
Friday said in a Friday press service of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA.
U.S. offered Russia a joint mission to Mars
"The crew, piloted this ship, will represent the citizens of
many nations.
Naturally, this flight should lead NASA and Roscosmos, "- he said, talking about
a possible future flight.
Russia called on Mars
Russia and the United States can fly to Mars together. With
the proposal to double the expedition made by the International Aerospace
Conference in Moscow, director of NASA manned space programs in Russia, Mark
Bowman.
