space
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Massive Cloud Forming Over One Of Mars’ Biggest Volcanoes Is Icy Water Vapour, Not Eruption
This week, the European Space Agency released a curious photo captured by the Mars Express orbiter of a 1497km-long cloud formation spilling out of the massive, 19km-high Arsia Mons volcano on Mars — a phenomena that has been observed for weeks straight. It certainly gave every superficial appearance that the volcano was about to blow,…
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Ostiary Is A Lonely, Arresting Glimpse Into Life On An Alien Planet
What would it really be like to live alone on an alien world? Stranded, struggling to survive? And what would it be like when you find something on that world that’s transcendent, and bizarre, and impossible to explain?
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Voyager 2 Will Soon Be The Second Man-Made Object To Reach Interstellar Space
It’s astounding to think that both Voyager probes, launched back in 1977, are not only still intact, but sending valuable data back to Earth. It wasn’t long ago that Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, leaving the solar system’s protective heliosphere. Soon, Voyager 2 will join it, with the probe’s sensors detecting a gradual increase in…
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California Governor Jerry Brown Says State Will Launch Its Own Pollution Monitoring Satellite
California Governor Jerry Brown announced on Friday at the Global Climate Action Summit that the state would be launching its “own damn satellite” amid concern that Donald Trump’s administration is minimising NASA’s role in climate research, Politico reported.