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Curiosity rover reaches mineral-rich region of Mars

Mars is a desert wasteland. However billions of years in the past, water flowed throughout the Pink Planet in streams and rivers, pooling...

Observe the Orionid meteor shower this Friday morning

This 12 months, the utmost anticipated zenithal hourly fee, which is the best fee of meteors you might count on to see if...

Ask Astro: Why do the giant planets spin faster than the terrestrial

Why do the enormous planets rotate a lot sooner than the terrestrial planets in our solar system?  Jim Repass  Clinton, Washington  We nonetheless don’t totally perceive...

The Sky This Week from October 14 to 21

Sunday, October 16 The waxing gibbous Moon makes an excellent early-morning goal for a telescope as we speak, as a number of spherical, distinguished...

Exploring the rippling dunes of our solar system

That flight depends on wind pace: Wind tunnel experiments counsel that getting a grain of sand shifting on Mars takes a gust 10...

See fall’s best Messier objects

It’s been six months since astronomy golf equipment across the globe hosted occasions for the Messier marathon. The aim of this single-night observing...

Sky This Month: October 2022

The 4 Galilean moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto — orbit with durations of two to 16 days. Previous opposition, the moons...

Postcards from around the solar system

Lunar landscapes It may appear foolish to assign a lot price to the emotional energy of pictures made by future astronauts. Scientists will argue...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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