NASA: Avalanches Viewed on Mars Only an earthling would think that avalanches are exclusive to this planet. But little did you know that they happen on Mars too! NASA just recorded avalanches on the little red planet. NASA wrote in a report: August 12, 2020 The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 8, 2020 0 Comments
NASA: A Look At Jupiter’s North Pole View this post on Instagram The floor is lava! Oh wait, nevermind, that’s just an infrared look at Jupiter’s North Pole 😉 Our James Webb Space Telescope will examine the atmosphere of Jupiter’s polar region, where @NASAJuno discovered the clusters of cyclones seen in this image. @NASAWebb’s data will provide much more detail than has been possible in past observations, […] SnowBrains | August 10, 2020 1 Comment
Brain Post: Check Out Saturn in the Summer Sky With the Naked Eye Although most of the hype this summer has been directed at Comet NEOWISE, you may be able to see Saturn from your home now that the comet is beginning to fade from view. On July 28, 2020, I was able to see the ringed planet with the naked eye from my neighborhood in Northwest Reno, Nevada. Saturn, like fellow gas […] Brains Galen Carrico | July 31, 2020 0 Comments
Comet NEOWISE Will be Bright Tonight There’s a comet passing close by Earth this summer and it’s a once in a lifetime, well several lifetimes, opportunity to view it. The comet is named NEOWISE after NASA’s satellite Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer which discovered it on March 27. After it passes from view, it won’t be seen again for another 6,800 years. NEOWISE is special […] Brains Gabrielle Gasser | July 22, 2020 0 Comments
Checkout Comet NEOWISE Throughout July 2020: Will be Visible to the Naked Eye! For those seeking some celestial entertainment, the Comet NEOWISE will be visible the naked eye for skywatchers in the Northern Latitudes of the Northern U.S. and Canada. The comet, officially called C/2020 F3, also known as (NEOWISE), is among the most widely visible comets of the 2000s and has been hanging just above the horizon before dawn in the early days […] Brains Galen Carrico | July 15, 2020 0 Comments
Korolev Crater: Stunning New Footage of Huge Icy Martian Lake The European Space Agency has released stunning new footage of a huge icy Martian lake. The lake is found in the Korolev crater which is located in Mars’ northern lowlands. The crater was created by an asteroid impact, and its unique shape helps preserve the ice. The European Space Agency, or ESA, captured the footage of the Korolev crater using […] Lynn Barlow | July 9, 2020 0 Comments
Green Glow Spotted In The Atmosphere Of Mars [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzbWfBuOZHo"] Sebastian Opazo | June 26, 2020 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
First Full-Sky Map Produced By eROSITA/Spektr-RG A German/Russian space program has advanced the field of intergalactic observation and discovery. An instrument specialized to take x-ray images, called the eROSITA mounted on the Spektr-RG, has just rendered some totally wild images of our universe. To give a sense of awesomeness, the image-producing instrument has been placed in orbit around our earth a cool 1.5 million kilometers out […] Elliot Levey | June 26, 2020 0 Comments