While Mars doesn’t have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog.
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Nov 7, 2015
The White House has a plan in case a solar storm wipes out our technology
Posted by Matthew Holt in category: space
Apparently NASA state that there’s a 12% chance of the Earth being hit by an extreme solar storm within the next ten years.
VIDEO: The last major solar storm left the entire province of Quebec in a blackout.
Nov 6, 2015
Scientists have finally measured the force that holds antimatter together
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: particle physics, space
For the first time, physicists in the US have managed to measure the force that attracts antimatter particles to each other. And, surprisingly, it’s not that different to the attractive force that holds regular matter together.
The results take us one step closer to understanding one of the biggest mysteries of our Universe: why there’s so much more matter than antimatter, and suggest that the imbalance isn’t a result of antiparticles not being able to ‘stick’ together.
For every particle that exists – electrons, protons, quarks – there’s an equal and opposite antiparticle, which has the opposite electrical charge and spin, and these antiparticles make up what’s known as antimatter. When the Universe was formed, physicists believe that equal amounts of antimatter and matter were produced, but today it’s very hard to find any naturally occurring antimatter left.
400 DAYS is a psychological sci-fi film centering on four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew’s mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the ship, they discover that this mission may not have been a simulation after all.
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Nov 5, 2015
NASA is Hiring Astronauts — By Lauren Boyer | U.S News & World Report
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: space, space travel
“If going to Mars sounds fun, apply within.” (Applications accepted December 2015 through February 2016.)
Nov 5, 2015
NASA is about to announce key findings from its Mars mission – watch live right here
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: internet, mobile phones, space
NASA’s announcement in late September that it found evidence of flowing water on Mars was only the beginning of the revelations that will be the result of its current Mars mission. The organization’s exploratory mission carried out by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft began with the intention of examining Mars’ atmosphere to an extent that had never before been possible, and now NASA is about to reveal what it is calling key science findings on the “fate Mars’ atmosphere.”
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NASA is being very tight-lipped about its upcoming announcements, which are scheduled to be made beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST / 11:00 a.m. PST on Thursday, November 5th. If you’re interested in NASA’s current mission though — and you certainly should be — you’ll be able to find out what NASA has in store for us the very same moment that the rest of the world does, because NASA will broadcast its special news conference live on the web.
Nov 5, 2015
Finally some answers on dark energy, the mysterious master of the Universe
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
Nov 4, 2015
Robot spiders could build giant webs in space
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: robotics/AI, space
The SpiderFab manufacturing system would build huge structures in space using arachnid-like robots.
Nov 4, 2015
As NASA Shrugs, FAA Looks at Leadership Role in Global Moon Village
Posted by Andreas Matt in category: space
The idea of an international “Moon village” promoted by the head of ESA has support from a U.S. government official who sees a commercial opportunity.