NASA scientists have discovered new evidence that water flowed on Mars for several months the warmest on the Red Planet. According to the United States space agencies that this finding raises the possibility that there might be life there.
NASA was first discovered evidence of water on Mars more than a decade ago, but the early indication is that most of the water is frozen and concentrated in its two poles.
The image was analyzed recently from NASA Orbiter Reconnissance who has traveled around the planet is dark conditions showed a similar finger that extends across multiple slopes of Mars during the spring until the summer, and disappears in winter.
"This is the best evidence we have about liquid water that appears today on Mars," said Philip Christensen geophysical experts at Arizona State University, in a NASA panel that announced the findings, as reported by Reuters on Friday (5 / 8).
NASA scientists believe that if flowing, liquid water exists on Mars, it will be very salty water. That would explain why the water is not frozen beneath the planet's cold temperatures.
"It's more like syrup, perhaps, in a way flows," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Chief Investigator for NASA's High Resolution Satellite Imagin Science Experiment.
"Water is shining bright and flowing on Mars - if any - may be somewhat different than the clear water," said McEwen, leader author of the report of the evidence that water flowed on Mars were published the journal Science, Thursday edition. Lisa Pratt, a biochemist at Indiana University who became part of a NASA panel that discusses these results, said the findings were important.
"It was the first opportunity to see the environment on Mars that could enable the delivery of an active biological process, if there is current life on Mars," said Pratt.
A NASA satellite called Juno scheduled to be launched this weekend. The satellite will be carried by an unmanned rocket named Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Juno
Juno Launch is scheduled on 5 August. The spacecraft was designed by Lockheed Martin Astronautics of Denver, Colorado. The mission cost 1.1 billion U.S. dollars. The satellite is scheduled to belt around Jupiter for a year. Juno will surround Jupiter is much closer than the plane-spacecraft ever before in the planet's orbit. During this new satellite released by the Galileo spacecraft for NASA last made a trip to Jupiter, the closest planet. Although the aircraft was only capable of relaying data for 58 minutes before it was destroyed because it succumbed to the pressure intensity of the heat. Travel Juno to Jupiter will last for five years. Upon his arrival in July 2016, Juno will land on a narrow region between the planet to the edge of the radiation belts. Juno will then spend a year orbiting the poles of Jupiter, about 3100 miles above the cloud tops. Juno tries to examine how much water is owned by the planet, what triggers the magnetic field is extensive, and what a solid core that is under a dense atmosphere and heat. Juno electronic heart is protected in a dome of titanium. However, Juno will also likely fall into the Jovian radiation after about a year. Juno is probably the last movement of diving into the planet's atmosphere. "Jupiter holds many secrets about how we (humans) is formed," said researchers from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio Texas, Scott Bolton. Scientists have so far convinced that Jupiter is the planet first formed after the formation of the sun, although until now they are not sure how the planet formed. But today scientists are still wondering how much water inside the planet that the distance is five times more than the sun-earth distance. Jupiter, like the sun, consisting of hydrogen, helium and other elements like oxygen. The scientists believe the oxygen in Jupiter joins with hydrogen to form water which can be measured with a microwave sounder, one of the eight instruments on the Juno. However the formation, Jupiter has a mass more than twice the planets combined. It makes it have a gravitational muscle to survive on almost all of the original building materials. "That is why we are very interested in understanding where we came from and how the planets were made," said Bolton.
Although the second planet in this solar system have similar names but the Roman goddess of love is not loving the planet. For starters, the planet's surface reaches 900 degrees Fahrenheit.
Therefore, this second planet has been named as the hottest planet in the solar system. Worse, a thick blanket of carbon dioxide pressure 92 times Earth's atmospheric pressure in the dry landscape. Dull clouds blocking the view of the planet's surface is sulfuric acid.
As envisioned, studying Venus proved to be a difficult job. Little by little, scientists are learning more about the neighbors of this Earth. Here are some of the largest misteris of the brightest objects in the sky after the sun and moon.
Earth-like climate Venus is sometimes referred to as the 'evil twin' of Earth. In size, composition and location of the orbit, the actual planet Venus hell termirip Earth. In the early history of Venus, scientists suspect that world very much like Earth, the oceans and the climate colder. However, more than a few billion years, the greenhouse effect that is very influential. Venus is about one-third closer to the sun than Earth. Therefore, Venus gets the sun twice as much. This extra heat causes the evaporation great in the beginning of the water surface. In the end, trapped water vapor heat hotter. Further warming the planet triggers a greater evaporation until the oceans were dried up and disappeared. "This mechanism makes sense from the beginning of Venus is like Earth into Venus today," said curator Astrobiology David Grinspoon, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Interdisciplinary scientist on Venus Express mission, the spacecraft orbiting Venus since 2006, is figuring out exactly when and how Venus became 'stove' to help the modeling of the Earth climate change and avoid a similar fate of Earth from Venus.
Atmospheric super rotation Venus around its axis is much slower than the Earth. As a result, a year in a similar Venus 243 Earth days. On this basis, it is known winds in Venus's cloud tops can reach 360 km / h or 60 times the speed of rotating planets. Proportionately, if a similar wind up on Earth, the equatorial cloud winds reach amazing speeds, 9650 km / hour. Driving the rapid rotation of Venus is the energy of sunlight, said Grinspoon. However, the full workings of this phenomenon remains a mystery.
Spinning upside down When viewed from the north pole of the sun, all planets in our solar system orbit the sun in the opposite direction and rotates in the direction of its axis almost everything. But not for Venus. This second planet has a retrograde rotation like Uranus. That is, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east on the planet. Clockwise rotation is probably the result of cosmic collisions early in the history of Venus.
Mysterious lightning Lightning from the clouds of Venus is still an open question. Although the spacecraft Venus Express has 'heard' that is characteristic of static electromagnetic generate lightning on Earth, the camera has never been 'caught' by lightning, says Grinspoon. The way the formation of lightning is still mysterious. On Earth, the key role played by ice crystal clouds. On Venus, the supply of this material is very rarely found in the atmosphere is very dry.
Alien life on Venus? Grinspoon acknowledge reasonable arguments about the life of Venus, not on the surface of the planet are super hot but in the clouds. About 50 miles above the clouds there should be a livable place that has a pressure and temperature as the Earth. To get energy, floating creatures resembling bacteria can use sunlight or chemicals in the clouds. Surely, these creatures will tolerate sulfuric acid. On the other hand, extremophiles on Earth show, life can thrive in even the harshest environments. "It is necessary to explore the cloud for various reasons. One possibility is the existence of exotic life, "lid Grinspoon.
In fact, only two spacecraft have ever managed to visit Mercury. Namely, NASA's Mariner 10 in the mid-1970s and now Messenger (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and ranging) that has been tried three times to fly to the planet since 2008, which finally managed to enter Mercury orbit in March.
Messenger mission is able to answer many mysteries surrounding the Mercury, including the following crossword puzzle.
Why are so dense? Mercury is the second densest planet in the solar system, only slightly smaller than Earth. Scientists suspect that Mercury has a giant nucleus, or about two-thirds of its mass. On Earth, essentially only one-third portion. "Collisions between rocky bodies in the early history of the solar system most likely make the outer layers of Mercury becomes less dense, leaving only the parts by weight," explained the director of the department of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Sean Solomon. According to investigators Messenger mission, the results of chemical analysis of Messenger at Mercury's surface should be able to bring this impaktor theory in the test.
Magnetic Shielding Besides Earth, Mercury is the only rocky planet in the solar system that has a significant magnetic field (although only 1% the strength of Earth). The presence of a magnetic field is not just a trivial question on this planet, but also protects the organism from the damaging radiation from the sun and the outer solar system. Solomon describes the Earth's magnetic field as an 'umbrella to fend off incoming radiation,' and without this kind of terrain, will be very difficult for life to thrive or survive. Researchers believe, Mercury's magnetic field generated by the process of 'dynamo' Earth-like driven turbulent electrically conductive, the liquid metal in the planet's outer core. "Messenger will map the geometry of the terrain in detail," Solomon said in Science that can be used to help scientists describe the origin of Mercury.
Mercury has ice? Mercury is bathed in sunlight into a place that is almost impossible to find ice. However, some of the craters at Mercury's poles seem to be in permanent shadow, and mercury on the floor of this crater could reach minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit. Solomon called it 'cold trap'. This place could be a "home" more than month ice deposits. Although not a lot of water, ice is still showing, "there is water everywhere, at least as a molecule," said Solomon.
Clumps of persistent atmospheric Although Mercury became the smallest planet and has little gravity, somehow Mercury has an atmosphere, although very weak. "Somehow in the Mercury, the atmosphere continues to be regenerated," said Solomon. Scientists suspect managed to take the matter of the 'solar wind,' the flow of particles that radiate out from the sun, which is able to contribute.
Carriers of the Day of Resurrection? Mercury has the most eccentric orbit (in astronomical terms mean oval) than all other planets in the solar system. Recent computer simulations indicate, for several billion years, these orbits become more eccentric. Mercury has a 1% chance of colliding with Venus or the sun. More frightening, together with the gravity of giant planets outside the orbit of Mercury could disrupt the orbits of the planets in that Mercury, Venus or Mars collided with Earth, a disaster is really toward the apocalypse.
Though these celestial bodies are very close to Earth, there are many secrets that it holds. The biggest secret of what the celestial bodies that orbit the Earth?
'Near' here certainly have a relative context. Gray-white dots in the sky Earth is 362 thousand miles from Earth. Mission to the moon certainly not easy, especially on a manned mission. No human to set foot on the moon before 1972. Afterward, many countries around the world began to do research on this Earth satellite. Future missions by robots and humans will help solve some of the major puzzles of the Moon. Including.
The way the moon reached its present position Scientists claim to have an idea what really happened. Many lines of evidence (a small core of months, certain elements are complementary and computer simulation of orbital rotation months for thousands of years) showed that the moon was born from a giant collision. According to this theory, about 4.5 billion years ago, Mars-sized object hit the young Earth and a liquid. The material result of the collision was merged into the moon.
Blue Moon Evidently, a lot of water outside and within the month. This led researchers to reach a conclusion. "More and examined, the more water is found in different places and depths," said Neil Comins professor of physics at the University of Maine. The study shows, the interior of the moon is much more moist than it should. Recent re-examination of rock samples brought to Earth to have a watermark. "An open question regarding the origin and distribution of water on the moon," said Comins.
Locked by Earth Months 'locked' the Earth. That is, there is only one hemisphere facing the earth. Sides are called maria, or 'sea,' cold magma. Surprisingly, maria hardly be found in the back side of the moon, as revealed by data from satellites (and viewed directly Apollo 8 astronauts). Hemisphere winter is known to have a thick crust (15 km) than other parts. This makes the parts on the other hand is more easily cracked due to attacks that remove the meteorite-forming magma depth maria months, Comins said. However, this asymmetry crust itself is a puzzle. Larger models in the interior of the moon and a better understanding of the damage caused by the collisions may help explain the 'two faces' of this strange.
The key to human existence? At a quarter in diameter and more than 1% of the mass of Earth, the moon becomes the fifth largest natural satellite in the solar system. Enough mass and gravity moon stabilizes the 'wobble' in the Earth's axis. In addition, the moon causes the ocean tide on Earth that might help 'stirring the primordial soup,' continued Comins again. In short, astronomers have wondered whether the world needs a large moon like Earth so that life could develop. Answer that question may be in neighboring planet, Mars. Red Planet has two small moon. "When humans to Mars and determine whether and how life evolved there. It will help to better understand how life is formed without the moon, "lid Comins.
Orionid Orionid meteor shower appears every year, and peak around October 21. This meteor shower is very clearly visible and looks up to 20 meteors per hour of green and yellow. Orionid meteor is the name of light in the sky at a point where they originated. These meteors can be seen all over the sky but the movement they will always be pointed toward the light. Orionid meteor light located near the constellation Orion. And meteornya rain caused by the orbit of Halley's Comet around 75-76 years.
Perseid Perseid meteor is the meteor that probably we can see most clearly and is usually seen in the northern hemisphere during the night on a warm summer. Light and much, Perseid associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle yng amazing. These meteors appear to originate from a light in the constellation Perseus and occurs when the earth through a meteor stream called the Perseid cloud is actually the residue of the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle. Most of the Perseid cloud of dust from thousands of years old, although there are a few of them are young dust that evaporates from the comet in 1862. Perseid meteor shower has been observed around 200 years ago and is usually seen from mid-July and a peak on August 12 each year.
Geminid Meteor is not like other meteor that was born from a comet, but they come from sebudah asteroid, a planetoid near the earth's rocky named Phaeton 3200. In general, the asteroid does not generate dust into the sky and even predicted earlier this asteroid is a comet. Phaeton elliptical orbit like a comet and brought it even closer to the sun beyond the orbit of Mercury. The first Geminids appeared 150 years ago, and since then they bombard the earth regularly every year in mid-December. They are expected to be more on the meteor showers each year and recently has seen more than hundreds of meteors in the sky.
Quadrantids Many meteor flashes seen in the figure below, green light, despite blocked by aurora on the right. Red light visible to the left is a light aircraft DC-8 NASA astronomer who fly over Canada to examine the Quadrantids meteor shower. With the help of a special camera that can produce a composite image that combines a brief exposure, the researchers hope to learn from this meteor shower which was originally derived. Because of the strong appearance of this meteor, in January earlier, this meteor shower is tentative identified as a small planet called planet 2003 EH1. Possible meteor was also observed by astronomers from china, japan and korea half since last Millennium. At the height of his appearance, this meteor shower will be seen less than 1 hour.
Ten new planets "floating" through the galaxies found in an international team of astronomers led by New Zealand scientists. Tenth Jupiter-sized planet that is a new discovery in the history of the Milky Way. The invention uses software developed by computer scientists Massey University, Wellington, Australia.
"They are giant planets in our galaxy, about the size of Jupiter. It was during this tenth planet somewhere in between us and the stars," said Ian Bond, an Astro Physics, recently. The planets were believed to be located about two-thirds of the center of the galaxy, located about 25,000 light-years.
If they are visible to the naked eye, the planets would be pitch black, because they do not emit light. This new planet could be removed from the solar system since the meeting of gravity close to other planets or stars. Most likely the new planets grow from collapsing ball of gas and dust, but do not have the mass to ignite the fuel and produce starlight alone.
These findings led the researchers hope that the free floating Earth-size planets that could support life. Although until now the possibility was small, such planet yet detected.
Astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley (CU Berkeley) said it had received 24 hours of data from 86 Earth-like planet found in Kepler space telescope. At that time, astronomers will analyze these data for two months.
"Obviously all of these stars have planetary systems that can be inhabited. Interestingly, the planet is also a good place to look for aliens, "said CU graduate of Berkeley, Andrew Simeon.
Astronomers will concentrate on the planet in the habitable zone of stars, where liquid water could be found. "We chose the planet's temperature 000-100 degrees Celsius. Because the planet more habitable living things, "says physicist and chief scientist SETI @ home And Worthier.
Space.com reported, an asteroid the size of the aircraft will cross the earth at a distance closer than the moon. But the media is to ensure that no potential asteroid threatening Earth.
"There is no danger of collision when the asteroid 2005 YU55 reach the closest distance to Earth next 8 November. The shortest distance path the asteroid is estimated to reach 324,604 kilometers from Earth." According to astronomers.
At the closest point, astronomers claimed to be able to study the asteroid is better.
"Normally, objects that cross Earth's sky is far enough. However, with this close distance, the science on Earth can be observed very well, "said scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Barbara Wilson, in Pasadena, California.
Asteroid 2005 YU55 found the astronomers University of Arizona in Tucson in 2005.
21 years Hubble has profoundly changed our view of the universe, allowing us to see deep into the past while opening our eyes to the majesty of Allah and His power around us
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Astronomers pointed Hubble's eye at an especially photogenic pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273
Hubble has taken this stunning close-up shot of part of the Tarantula Nebula
The Cosmic Butterfly
Two galaxies that form Arp 147 shows a vast cosmic ring of stars (blue) and black holes (pink) as seen by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.
The image at right is Hubble's close-up view of the myriad stars near the core of galaxy M83, the bright whitish region at far right
Five Galaxies at Once
The Hubble Space Telescope's newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has peered nearly 5 billion light-years away to resolve intricate details in the galaxy cluster Abell 37, one of the first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing.
This image of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217
The spiral galaxy NGC 4710 shows a faint, ethereal "X"-shaped bulge at the galaxy's center
A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope close-up image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, shows that the area is clogged with cosmic dust
"Space jellyfish" is one of several new protoplanetary discs, or proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 181-825 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebula’s brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. Resembling a tiny jellyfish, this proplyd is surrounded by a shock wave that is caused by stellar wind from the massive Theta 1 Orionis C interacting with gas in the nebula. The objects are so far away that even with Hubble's keen eye, they appear blurry
New atlas features 30 proplyds, or protoplanetary discs, that were recently discovered in the majestic Orion Nebula using the Hubble Space Telescope
30 Doradus, the blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen.
Observations using infrared light and X-ray light see through the obscuring dust and reveal the intense activity near the galactic core of the Milky Way
NASA scientists and their research partners from South Korea and Japan have identified a new mineral in meteorites Yamato 691, 4.5 billion year old meteorite discovered in Antarctica in 1969. The new mineral is named Wassonite.
His name is taken as a tribute to Johnson T Wasson, a professor at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), known as the result of research on meteorites. The new identity of minerals has been approved by the International Mineralogical Association.
NASA scientist Keiko Nakamura said, "Wassonite is the only mineral formed from two elements, sulfur and titanium. However, this mineral has a unique crystal structure that has never been found in nature."
Identification of crystal structure Wassonite possible thanks to the progress of nanotechnology in one department of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Chemical properties and atomic structure viewed with the aid of electron microscope.
Lindsay Keller of NASA's Johnson Space Center said, "Meteorites and minerals contained in it is a window to understand the solar system. By examining it, we can now understand the condition of the solar system and process that will take place."
Yamato 691 meteorite is a meteorite thought to originate from asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. The meteorite was found by members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition on Mount Yamato.
Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) is developing the largest rocket from humans to the moon landing mission. The rocket is capable of carrying cargo with a capacity of two times larger than NASA's space shuttle and the cost is cheaper.
SpaceX's latest rocket called Falcon Heavy. The rocket is a development from previous rocket called Falcon 9, the rockets that have been done two times and purchased by NASA to launch cargo flights to the International Space Station after the shuttle program completed this year.
Heavy Falcon has advantages because it can carry a payload of 53,071 kg, twice the cargo space shuttle that only 22 680 kg. At a cost of 80 million-125 million dollars per launch, the cost of the use of this rocket 1 / 10 of the shuttle which cost around 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, "The rocket has a higher capability than all vehicles, except the Saturn V. This opens the possibility for government and commercial space missions, which until now not supported by existing capacity."
Heavy Falcon sebenanrnya designed as a cargo plane. However, due to meet the safety requirements of NASA, the rocket could be used to carry humans. Not only to orbit the earth, Falcon Heavy claimed humans can also deliver on a mission to the moon, Mars, and asteroids.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy claimed that the ability can only be rivaled by the Saturn V which had helped bring people to the moon and carry 200,000 pounds of cargo load. The rocket is scheduled to undergo flight tests in 2013 in California and later at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
National Geographic - A star is 75 light years from Earth may be the coldest star ever found. Temperature no hotter than a cup of coffee that you just brewed.
Stars with 1458 CFBDSIR code 10b has a temperature ranging from 97 degree Celsius on the surface. Previously, the star has the coldest temperature ever encountered 150 degrees Celsius.
Stars who are called "brown dwarfs" included a failed star. Stars like it got hot and chemical properties such as star, but do not have enough mass to ignite nuclear fusion in their core.
In addition to the cold surface finds, Michael Liu, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, also said that the dwarf star with a size 6 to 15 times the mass of Jupiter's got the atmosphere with clouds of water.
Liu stated that the most exciting of these findings is the beginning of the discovery of a new class of objects that blur the line between planets and stars. "I think this is a surprise to the astronomical community," Liu told National Geographic.
Brown dwarf stars do not seem to be the title of coldest planet for long. Scientists with the Spitzer Space Telescope was sure there was another dwarf star that is cooler with temperatures 30 degrees Celsius.
NASA is now developing vehicles that can deliver astronauts to the asteroid and one month of Mars. Vehicle called the Orion capsule and developed together with leading aircraft developers, Lockeed Martin, and is expected to be completed in 2019.
To achieve that big goal, NASA and Lockeed Martin will first develop the Orion as a vehicle that serves the mission of the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled, Orion will undergo an orbital test in 2013 and began operation in 2016.
In developing the Orion, Lockheed Martin Space Operations Simulation Center building area of 41,000 square feet at a cost of 35 million U.S. dollars, equipped with a full scale model of the ISS and Orion models are placed on towers weighing 75 tons. That's where a series of tests on Orion will be done.
Lockheed Martin to introduce new facilities to the general public, on Tuesday (22 / 3), while showing off the Orion design. Human GM Spacefilght Lockheed Martin John Karas said, "Orion is being prepared for flight. We will do from design to testing and from testing to operation."
Orion initially named Constellation and is a part of the mission to the Moon former president George W Bush. However, last year the mission worth 100 billion U.S. dollars to be overturned President Barack Obama with the reasons for wanting to develop more advanced space missions.
NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said, "Orion will evolve from previously under the Constellation program to be part of a multifunctional vehicle crew." He said, Orion is planned to serve short-haul missions to the ISS as well as long distances.
Orion has a module for crew and cargo, service module for propulsion, power and other requirements as well as launch-abort system to save the capsule when the booster rocket failed to work. NASA successfully tests on the launch-abort system 2 weeks ago.
Director of the crew and service modules Lockheed Martin James Bray said, the first Orion capsule is being assembled in another building Lochkeed Martin in Waterton. The first capsule will be used for testing the soil and may be launched in a suborbital test.
Many components of Orion that can be reused after a flight a few flights, including some electronic systems. Orionnya himself could not be used because the extraordinary force that resisted during takeoff and landing again.
The execution of the capsule will begin next August. Although not far from success, but the development of Orion has a positive impact on the surrounding community. Project Orion provides opportunities to 10,000 people to work and participate at work working on Orion.
Mutoha Arkanuddin from Jogja Astro Club (JAC) to observe and record the phenomenon from the headquarters in Gejayan JAC, Yogyakarta, with a telescope.
The results shown in the accounts up recording it. He said, "Actually this is unusual natural phenomenon. When viewed with the naked eye will not make any difference. It's a bit like distinguishing pants size 34 and 36, if not close to see it also not be visible."
Actually he is planning to hold a "watching together" with members of the JAC and the community. Unfortunately, as happened in Jakarta, Yogyakarta was hit by heavy rain and lightning. Finally, the plan was canceled, and finally he made the observation alone.
"Finally my own observations at 2. Had I record too," he said. When using a telescope, then measure the difference visible. According to the publication of NASA, the size of the Moon at perigee (the nearest point from Earth) is only 14% larger than when apogee (the farthest point from Earth).
Mutoha said, the images and footage that was taken last night could be evidence of the size of the Moon at perigee authentic. "Later we will also take at apogee. With photometry later we can compare its size," said Mutoha when contacted via phone today (20 / 3).
Although last night was full moon and perigee, did not mean the surface of the Moon seem more clear. "On the full moon is at least good for observation. crater the Moon actually difficult to see," he said. So, with the telescope though, which can be enjoyed only a larger size.
Although an ordinary phenomenon, Mutoha said that Supermoon can make astronomy more and more demand. For those who do not have time to watch, here is the result of recording Mutoha. Because the weather was not good, then the occasional cloud covered moon looks thin.
NASA and Orbital Technologies Corporation (OTC) is developing plantations in outer space.
According to NASA, they have developed the gardening tools that have been sent to the international space station. Booth for gardening that made as many as four pieces. Each chamber of the middle deck of the spacecraft. Each chamber will be controlled humidity, temperature, water, lighting, and composition of its atmosphere.
Astronaut Peggy Whitson said surprised by the existing garden salad. "Although not much, but great fun to see something green," he said. Peggu also said that her friends in the team as well feel the same pleasure. "They were even photographed themselves with the plants," said Peggy.
Who created this garden is still in experimental stages. The result has not been tested for consumption. But NASA said there is the possibility of progress toward consumption. According to an astronaut, Leland Melvin, in a state of weightlessness, each astronaut has his own food locker. Some foods have become a favorite among astronauts, such as peanut butter, because it is very easy to eat with one hand. Maybe one day, micro green plants will be food in space.
NASA scientists have discovered new evidence that water flowed on Mars for several months the warmest on the Red Planet. According to the United States space agencies that this finding raises the possibility that there might be life there.
