These 2 famous stars shine down from the northern sky. Eltanin and Rastaban represent the fiery Eyes of the constellation Draco the Dragon. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/eltanin-and-rastaban-dragons-eyes…
Tag: South Pole
India prepares to land rover on moon in global space race
India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world’s spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south pole. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-india-rover-moon-global-space.html…
India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole
India is launching its second mission to the moon, called Chandrayaan 2, on 14 July. It will land near the lunar south pole, a promising site for human exploration Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2209545-india-is-about-to-launch-a-lander-and-rover-to-the-moons-south-pole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Will planetary low tide force regular sunspot sync-ups?
No, it’s not pseudoscience. Does a regular alignment of planets make a strong-enough tug to regulate the sun’s 11- and 22-year cycles? Read more in this story via Eos – a source for news and perspectives about Earth and space science – from the American Geophysical Union. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/planetary-low-tide-force-regular-sunspot-sync-ups…
Asteroid Vesta originates from a cosmic ‘hit-and-run’ collision
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter preserves the processes of planetary formation, frozen in time. Vesta, the second largest asteroid in this belt, provides an outstanding opportunity for scientists to investigate the origin and formation of planets. In particular, Vesta has kept its crust, mantle and metallic core, much like Earth. Careful mapping of Vesta by NASA’s Dawn mission showed…
Amount of Floating Antarctic Ice Plunges To Record Lows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Time: The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average extent of Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest mark, wiping out…
What is the mystery mass on the moon?
Scientists have discovered a massive subsurface deposit of dense material – probably metal – beneath the largest crater on the moon. Did it result from a huge asteroid impact or a former lunar ocean of molten rock? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mystery-mass-moon-south-pole-aitken-basin…
Circumpolar stars don’t rise or set
Circumpolar stars stay above the horizon all hours of the day, every day and every night of the year. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/circumpolar-stars-dont-rise-or-set…
Scientists Discover Previously Unidentified Mass Beneath Surface of the Moon
pgmrdlm shares a report from CBS News: A previously unknown deposit of an unidentified physical substance larger than the size of Hawaii has been discovered beneath the surface of the moon. Scientists at Baylor University published a study detailing their findings of this “anomaly” beneath the moon’s largest crater, at its South Pole. They believe the mass may contain metal carried…
Mass anomaly detected under the moon’s largest crater
A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater in our solar system—the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin—and may contain metal from the asteroid that crashed into the Moon and formed the crater, according to a Baylor University study. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-mass-anomaly-moon-largest-crater.html…