The holidays are upon us, and we have a great Geminid Meteor Shower, the winter constellations appearing, 2 or 3 morning planets, and a year-end occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon.
Dec 2nd: Observing With Webb in December 2017
Tag: Mars
Dec 1st: Dean Regas’ “100 Things to See in the Night Sky”
Problems with WFIRST, Mapping the 3D motions of extragalactic stars, & Flowing rivers of sand on Mars.
Nov 26th: Mars Window & Gnats
In 2020 a good window for Mars launches will open by many countries and NHATS became the acronym for the Near earth object Human spaceflight Accessible Target Study.
Oct 14th: Martian Spiders
Astronomers discovered these mysterious structures called spiders on the south polar region of Mars
Oct 10th: Awesome Astronomy October Episode
Let’s say the next Mars rover that is tweaked to find life on Mars finds some microbial life what impact would that have on the whole Mars exploration plans?
Oct 7th: Observing With Webb in October 2017
We lose a couple planets in October, but Saturn and Venus continue to shine, with Mars getting brighter and higher in the morning.
Sep 2nd: Observing With Webb in September 2017
September has 3 naked eye planets, 2 binocular visible, and some typical close encounters between the Moon and the planets.
Aug 25th: Psyche Water & Caves of Mars
Asteroid (16) Psyche & large reservoirs of water in lava tubes on Mars
Jul 30th: Tiny Atira & Ethics on Mars
If Martian microbial life is discovered, is it ethical for humans to colonize Mars?
Jul 23rd: How Mars lost its atmosphere?
Mars has an atmosphere but somehow the red planet lost its atmosphere. Why? How?