Category Archives: Planets

NASA’s Juno Probe Will Tell Us New Things About Jupiter

Posted on May 30, 2010 by admin

Last month, NASA issued a statement saying that preparations for its Juno mission to Jupiter are proceeding well, and that everything is still on schedule for a launch in August of next year.  This will be just one part of … Continue reading →

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Waterworlds: New Research Says We Will Probably Find Them Someday

Posted on May 14, 2010 by admin

This is an article about waterworlds, and the search for them. It now appears likely that such planets do exist somewhere in the universe, and if we go far enough, we will undoubtedly find some of them. Scientists have recently … Continue reading →

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The Exploration of Mars Continues With ESA’s ExoMars Mission

Posted on April 25, 2010 by admin

Mars is being invaded! Already our orbiters are orbiting, our landers are landing and our rovers are roving- and more of them are on the way. Over the next few years, the red planet will be subjected to an array … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Hubble: 20 Years of Great Astronomy

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

In a few days, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will be 20 years old. Birthdays are a good time for looking back, and this is no exception. The Hubble telescope has provided us with so much good science and so many … Continue reading →

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ESA Launches Cryosat-2 on a Mission to Study Earth’s Ice

Posted on April 16, 2010 by admin

The European Space Agency launched its CryoSat-2 satellite today (April 8, 2010), thus completing the third phase of its Earth Explorer Series.  The satellite will give us our best picture yet of the effects of global warming on Earth’s ice, … Continue reading →

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