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Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India’s Chandrayaan-2 Mission
The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. The mission, which will be launched in 2012 or 2013, will … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Moon
Tagged Chandrayaan-2, colonies, lander, Orbiter, probes, ROSCOSMOS, water
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The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission
The exploration of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, will continue with Phobos Grunt, a Russian mission to be launched next year. Roscosmos, the Russian national space agency, is planning to put a lander down on Phobos and return … Continue reading
Waterworlds: New Research Says We Will Probably Find Them Someday
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
Posted in Astronomy, Planets
Tagged hydrothermal vents, iceworld, oceans, probes, water, waterworld
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The Planck Space Observatory Is Watching the Universe Being Born
In most of our articles, we have looked at the worlds in our own solar system, or orbiting relatively nearby stars. There’s so much going on in our neighborhood, it’s easy to get nearsighted and forget that astronomy reaches much … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Telescopes
Tagged Big Bang, ESA, evolution, Herschel, Milky Way, observatory, Planck, Planck mission, probes, satellite, telescopes
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ESA Launches Cryosat-2 on a Mission to Study Earth’s Ice
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
Posted in Astronomy, Earth, Planets
Tagged CryoSat, Cryosat-2, DORIS, ESA, global warming, ice caps, ice sheets, probes, satellite, SIRAL
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