Juno prepares to rendezvous with Ganymede
June 7, 2021 will be an important date for the Juno mission. On that day, the vehicle will fly over Ganymede and will be only 1,038 km away from its icy surface. This is the closest visit of an Earth…
Roman Mikhailov
Elephants are rapidly becoming extinct
Scientists from the Netherlands have developed a new algorithm. They want to use it to search from space for the most suitable areas for the population like Elephants, whose numbers have more than halved in half a century. Scientists are…
NASA requests $24.8 billion for next year
NASA has released a revised budget request for 2022. In total, the aerospace administration plans to receive $24.8 billion. That’s $1.5 billion more than it will receive this year. Nearly a third of the requested amount ($7.9 billion) is proposed…
Glass or crystal: which utensils to choose?
At first glance, crystal and glass glasses are not easy to distinguish. However, glass and crystal are completely different materials. They are made from different stones and using different manufacturing techniques. In terms of price, crystal is more expensive than…
“Al-Amal shows the hydrogen corona of Mars
Al-Amal is an automatic interplanetary station sent to Mars as part of the Emirates Mars Mission from Japan 00:58 July 20, 2020 Moscow time (July 19, 2020, 21:58:14 UTC) from Tanegashima Space Center using an H-IIA launch vehicle. On July…
“The K’urriosity” detected a bright and nacreous gloom on Mars
The K’urriosity Mars Rover detected a double-skulled and nacreous twilight after the Sun went down. Typically, the twilight on Mars occur later, at the coldest part of the year. Moreover, they were formed higher and, most likely, contain frozen carbon…