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We Now Have a Map of all 85,000 Volcanoes on Venus

We Now Have a Map of all 85,000 Volcanoes on Venus

[ad_1] A new map created with decades-old radar imagery from NASA’s 1990’s Magellan mission shows the locations of a whopping 85,000 volcanoes on Venus. The detailed map displays where the volcanoes are, how they’re clustered, and how their distributions compare with...

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Juice testing – down to the wire

Juice testing – down to the wire

[ad_1] Preparing the Juice mission to Jupiter has involved testing for all kinds of contingencies, down to the smallest of scales. This microscopic view shows surface damage to a tiny silver interconnector after being exposed to erosive atomic oxygen known to be found...

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Perseverance Sees Drifting Clouds on Mars

Perseverance Sees Drifting Clouds on Mars

[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance rover mission provided a blueish pre-sunrise gift above Jezero Crater on March 18, 2022, aka Sol 738, or the 738th Martian day of the mission, with “sol” being the official timekeeping method for Mars missions since one Martian day is...

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ESA’s astronaut candidates start training

ESA’s astronaut candidates start training

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 04/04/2023 670 views 32 likes ESA welcomed its latest group of astronaut candidates yesterday at its European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, at the start of their one-year basic training to prepare for future space missions. ESA...

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ESA – Science with Euclid

ESA – Science with Euclid

[ad_1] Discover the top five mysteries ESA’s mission Euclid will help solve.ESA's Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe across...

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Leaky Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth

Leaky Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth

[ad_1] Roscosmos has had quite the run of bad luck lately. In addition to sanctions putting pressure on their space program and the cancellation of agreements (all due to the war in Ukraine), the Russian space agency has experienced several problems in space. On...

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