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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The European Space Agency has removed a fantastic short film

Major international organizations are engaged not only important research. They are also not alien and a love for art. That and the European Space Agency (ESA) from time to time finds a free moment, and gives to the public a short film of Rosetta mission.

No Aliens, we are alone in the Universe

The biological process that led to the emergence of intelligent life on Earth occurred serendipitously. Professor Brian Cox believes that such could hardly be repeated anywhere 'no Aliens, we are alone in the Universe'  .

Russia be determined to stake a claim for themselves the best spots on the moon

Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), together with the Russian Academy of Sciences has developed a package of proposals for the lunar program Russia. The aim of the new program is operational consolidation in the prospective area of the Earth's satellite - the south pole of the moon.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Moon to Meet Jupiter in Early Saturday Morning Sky



If your sky is clear early morning, you'll be treated to a lovely celestial scene as a fat, waning crescent moon passes just over 7 degrees below and to the right of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. Your clenched fist held at arm's length measures approximately 10 degrees, so the moon and Jupiter will appear spaced roughly three-quarters of a fist apart.

Giant comet to pass Mars for the first time in a million years


The closest look ever at a new comet will happen when the mountain-size comet Siding Spring buzzes past Mars this weekend. The comet will buzz the Red Planet on October 19. NASA

A comet on a once-in-a-million-years journey will graze the atmosphere of Mars, astronomically speaking, this Sunday. 

Sunday, October 12, 2014

NASA is preparing for the flight of a comet Siding Spring near Mars

NASA is preparing for an exciting event space - flight of the comet Siding Spring at a very close distance to Mars. Oct. 19 comet, made ​​its way into billions of miles, will be held at a distance of 139,500 kilometers from Mars, which is about one-third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. 

NASA released the image strange hexagon on Saturn

Forget about the rings of Saturn. Another amazing feature that can be clearly seen only exceptionally distant spacecraft is a whirlwind of strange hexagonal shape, which has been active for at least 30 years old. Cassini NASA's captured this spectacular picture of a jet stream of geometric shapes Saturn in July 2013 from a distance of approximately 973,000 kilometers from the planet.

Image, which was published by NASA this week, has a scale 58 kilometers per pixel and obtained in the direction of the illuminated segment of the rings at 33 degrees above the ring plane.