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- From Around the Web, Space
- October 21, 2016
Spinning space motion could cause neck to snap.
Spinning space motion could cause neck to snap.
In addition to the constant emission of warmth and light, our sun sends out occasional bursts of solar radiation that propel high-energy particles toward Earth.
On Oct 18th, Chinese astronauts onboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft docked with China’s new space station, the Tiangong 2.
ESA (European Space Agency) has a probe named ” Schiaparelli” landing on Mars!
NASA can’t afford to put humans on Mars while also pursuing missions to put astronauts back on the moon, according to a panel of experts who testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space yesterday (Feb. 3).
In this view captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn’s moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie “Star Wars.”
“Such stunning cosmic coincidences reveal so much about nature.”
~ Leonidas Moustakas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Our galaxy’s strangest star, KIC 8462852, has been raising a lot of questions — including some about little green men — for the past year.
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts, which circle the Earth, during an extremely rare solar wind event.
The space race is on, and it’s only a matter of time before humans land on Mars. With several different groups aiming for the red planet, there’s likely to be not one outpost among the stars, but many.