Imagine Saturn’s rings disappearing. NASA scientists have confirmed that Saturn is losing its rings, and they…
Planets
What is the distance between Earth and Venus? The distance between Earth and Venus changes regularly…
NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a rare, strange “blue” event over the horizon of the Red Planet.…
The second eclipse season in 2023 will occur in October. An annular solar eclipse will be…
This chart by Preyash Shah illustrates all the moon landings using NASA data since 1966 when…
Of all the attempts to land unmanned spacecraft on Mars, only ten have been successfully completed.…
The diameter of Mars is almost half the diameter of the Earth, and its atmosphere is…
Although the Martian atmosphere is composed mostly of carbon dioxide, TGO analyzes its trace gases, such…
What is the average temperature of Mercury? Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and…
The ExoMars Trace Gas spacecraft began studying the atmosphere of Mars, with a particular focus on…
Spirit (or MER-A, short for Mars Exploration Rover – A) was the first of two rovers…
“Spirit” and “Opportunity” landed on Mars on January 4 and 25, 2004, world time. Even though…
Sand constantly moved by winds covers the surface of Mars, forming a dynamic desert landscape with…
In 1971, NASA’s Mariner 9 spacecraft, the first to orbit another planet, recorded a global dust…
Neptune is the eighth planet in the Solar System, farthest from the Sun. It is the…
The lithosphere is the part of the Earth’s structure that lies between the atmosphere above and…
On the morning of April 15, 2023, residents of Alaska (USA), located near the city of…
Previously, scientists named the most dangerous galactic event for our planet. Possible threats include a nearby…
Simulating an earthquake The epicenter is located at a depth of 80 km directly below the…
Pangea A grandiose event took place about 150 million – 220 million years ago, when the…
The strongest earthquake The strongest recorded earthquake occurred in Chile in 1960 – according to later…
September 21, 2023 marks nine years since MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) has been in…
Neptune, the most distant gas giant in the Solar System, has fourteen known moons. The first…
Scientists using the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) aboard NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft have found…
In September 2017, the Sun experienced a series of powerful flares, including one of the most…
What is a Carrington Event? The Carrington event is an astronomical event that occurred on September…
The Perseverance Rover is a robotic vehicle designed to explore Mars launched in 2020. The rover…
of Jupiter as seen from the surface of its icy moon Europa. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The…
Supermoon surrounded by planets A supermoon is when the full Moon comes within 225,000 miles (362,000…
Accelerator engines Ten segments of the SLS booster engine destined for the Artemis II mission were…