Today we consider Mars, the next planet in our journey through the Solar System. It’s a cold, dry desert, so why does this planet hold such fascination?
Aug 10th: Mars
Tag: Mars
Aug 6th: Helicopters on Mars
Here we go! We will have helicopter flying on Mars. It is on the way to Mars mounted on Perseverance rover. More about it and how do we hunt life on Mars & Why aren’t we going to Europa?
Aug 1st: Observing With Webb in August 2020
The rest of summer is PERFECT for the amateur and beginner observer! Saturn and Jupiter are visible all night, Venus is easy to spot in the morning, Mars and Mercury offer a challenge for the early risers and the annual Perseid meteor shower is coming up August 12th.
Jul 22nd: New Target For New Horizons
Join us today as we look at all the spacecraft mission updates. First up, NASA’s New Horizons mission is searching for another Kuiper Belt Object to pass. Next, the Emirates Hope orbiter is set to launch to Mars this month. Finally, we get to share brand new images from the NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter, fresh off the press this morning.
Jul 19th: Farming Mars & Wet Nights
The major challenges to colonize Mars is how to supply the air, food, and water necessary to survive and flourish. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 2nd: Mars Rains Mud
How mudstone formed in the Martian highlands? New images of dusty discs around stars and Hubble sees another planet-forming disc flap its bat-wings. All on today’s #dailyspace at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 28th: Exploring The Far Side & Martian Rolling Stones
Two stories for today: The Apollo 8 astronauts were the first to view the Moon’s hidden side with the unaided eye & Mars’s tiny moon Phobos has strange track-like groves crisscrossing it.
Jun 26th: Elizabeth Howell & Nicholas Booth, The Search for Life on Mars
This week. We have discussion with @howellspace about her book and weekly news round up! Another gravitational wave. This time it’s either
the heaviest neutron star or the lightest black hole. #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 7th: Impact Mars & Dragonfly
NASA team who plans to fly a drone like aircraft called Dragonfly around the surface of Saturn’s Moon Titan. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 6th: Observing With Webb in June 2020
Welcome June brings us all the naked-eye planets at some points in the month, Venus’s introduction to the morning with the Moon, and mornings with four naked-eye planets visible.