Bagnold dunes are a 35 km long dark gray mud / sand dune in the Gail Crater on Mars. They are named after Ralph Alger Bagnold, one of the first explorers to explore the physics behind the sand dunes across the Libyan desert.
As a visual treat to the audience, the colossal 10m floating earth artwork by renowned UK based artist Luke Jerome. It is located in the Pennington Flash on the Wigan and Lee waterways. An amazing copy of the Earth was created using photographs taken directly by NASA.
Why Mars is a question that bothers many people. There are many reasons for this, but some are; Mars is one of the most similar planets to Earth in the Solar System.Like Earth, Mars has two polar ice caps. The North Pole is made up of a layer of ice about 3 km thick. The…
Artemis’ mission is to land the first woman on the moon in 2024. NASA sees this lunar mission as the basis for future missions to Mars. The mission of Artemis is to identify the challenges facing mankind in the nearest celestial sphere and to energize experiences. Before landing on the moon, two space missions will…
Although we often see our sun as yellow, orange and red, we almost always think that the sun is yellow. Visible light is a very small narrow part of the electromagnetic waveguide. It contains all of these colors that our brain recognizes. The sun emits everything from this visible light to radio to gamma. Many…
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. About 1325 Earths can fit on Jupiter very easily. Suppose you decided to land on Jupiter to learn more about the mysterious planet Jupiter. What will happen? Jupiter is a gas giant with no ‘soil’ to trample on. Will you go straight down there? What do…
Can you imagine living on a planet (Rains Precious Gems) with precious gems instead of water? Scientists have now discovered these new features in an exoplanet that previously discovered clouds made of metal, rain and gems. Called ‘WASP-121b’, the gas giant orbits a star about 855 light-years from Earth. This is according to a study…
Habex is a space telescope designed to detect terrestrial orbits around bright stars. (Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission-HabEx). Habex is looking for stars as bright as the sun. Planets in their habitable zone and the presence of water and methane on such planets will be examined. Water and methane are signs of life. Water is the…
For more than 100 years, Curie’s clothing, furniture, books, and laboratory notes have been radioactive. Curie’s laboratory notebooks are still housed in lead – lined boxes in museums in France. Marie Curie’s goods will still be radioactive for 1500 years.
. The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship docked to the Roswet module next to the spacecraft … !! Mark Vande Hei holds the US record for most time spent in space. He will arrive at the station on April 9, 2021 and leave on March 30, 2022 ….
