Finding that Mars has a slower speed of sound compared to Earth. The sound was recorded by microphones from the US space agency NASA’s Mars mission Perseverance. Sound travels on Mars at a speed of 240 meters per second. The speed on Earth is 343 meters. The study also explains that sound travels on the…
Digitally elevated models of some of the images received are also included.
The size of the stars is something that amazes us a lot. UY Scuti is a star 1700 times larger than the Sun, Stephenson 2-18. We are amazed and amazed to hear that the star is 2150 times the size of the Sun. (Size here means diameter)However, there is an inaccuracy in comparing the sizes…
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.
The first launch of ISRO’s new launch vehicle SSLV (SSLV) is coming soon. The test of the first solid fuel stage of the new rocket has been successfully completed. The first solid booster stage test was held at 12.05 am on Monday at Sriharikota. Other parts of the rocket had already been tested. The crucial…
The Wallace Marineris is a system of gorges passing through the surface of Mars east of the Tarsis region. At over 4,000 km long, 200 km wide and up to 7 km deep, the Valles Marineris is one of the largest canyons in the Solar System.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover collects another sample from Mars. This is the seventh rock to be collected from the surface of Mars. This sample was taken from the Jazero crater on Mars. Perseverance is the size of a car. It will collect one more sample from the current area. After that we will travel to the…
This image was taken 36 years ago in March 1986 at a distance of about 2,000 km by ESA’s Giotto spacecraft. Only after 2061 will 1P / Halley return to the inner solar system.l
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…
