The sunshine is coming! March may be bringing some shorter nights and daylight savings time, but the sunshine and warmth during the daytime is very much appreciated! This month Mars dominates the evening sky with Taurus and the Pleiades, and Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury dance in the morning twilight.
Perseverance is NASA’s latest robot to explore Mars and it will land gently onto the lakebed floor of Jezero crater at 3:55 PM EST. Perseverance carry Ingenuity helicopter to Mars and it will prepare sample return for future mission.
The landing site of the Perseverance rover is part of Mars’ watery past, and may hold the signatures of past Martian life. Perseverance lands on Mars February 18.
Mars, Mars and, oh yeah, Mars! Today episode will discuss about Mars mission, water on Mars, and weird landslides on Mars.
Perseverance lands on Mars February 18. Here the overview of the process of entry, descent, and landing for this Martian explorer.
Indisputable proof that life existed or currently exists on the planet Mars has yet to be found. However, tantalizing pieces to this mystery continue to be discovered.
Theoretical physicists have found a way to possibly detect primordial black holes which could lead to answers about dark matter and maybe even the existence of a multiverse.
Aircraft make some of the best platforms for science here on Earth. Now we will have on on Mars and it will arrive next month. More about this idea on today’s podcast.
All five naked-eye planets are easily visible at different parts of the night, the Leonids will grace the mid-month skies, and the Moon makes its monthly visits in line with the planets.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the November Night Sky. In this episode we focus on sky events to help newcomers learn the night sky as we discuss Meteor Showers, Comets to locate and how to use the Moon to find Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Venus and Mercury!