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ESA Solar Orbiter Mission Successfully Launches to Study the Sun

Zain Husain — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:40:38 +0000

European Space Agency (ESA) new Solar Orbiter mission launched successfully from Cape Canaveral at 04:03 GMT (05:03 CET) on 10 February 2020. This mission is exciting and will be off to go study the Sun up-close and personal. The Solar Orbiter mission is led with a strong partnership with NASA and studies the Sun’s poles […]

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Everything You Need to Know About the 2016 Transit of Mercury

Zain Husain — Sun, 08 May 2016 19:29:32 +0000

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Happy Martian Summer Solstice (For the Northern Hemisphere Martians)

Zain Husain — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:52:36 +0000

Quick Facts About Mars: 1) Since Mars has only 15% of Earth’s volume, Martian gravity is only 37% of the Earth’s. Meaning you could jump 3x higher on Mars than on Earth. 2) In this particular image you can see the BIGGEST volcano in the Solar System. This beast is 21 km high (compared […]

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Happy 10 Year Anniversary Mars Spirit Rover

Zain Husain — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:16:46 +0000

10 years ago today Spirit rover lands on Mars, marking it a beautiful time in human history. It landed in 2004 and was active until 2010. It was one of the two rovers, at the time, that took part in NASA’s ongoing mission called Mars Exploration Rover Mission. The other rover, Opportunity, landed on the […]

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Happy 36th Birthday Voyager 1!

Zain Husain — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 22:54:40 +0000

Happy 36th Birthday Voyager 1! We Hope You Aren’t too Lonely! Voyager 1 was launched by NASA on September 5th 1977. It is one of the most exciting spacecrafts NASA has launched simply because it’s travelling as far as it can go and it’s pushing the boundaries of space exploration. It is traveling […]

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Cool Facts About Geminids Meteor Shower

Zain Husain — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:02:36 +0000

Tonight and tomorrow night you will be able to see the Geminids meteor shower. It’s where we see a meteor shower pass through the constellation Gemini. You can see anywhere from 60-120 meteors per hour! Here let’s get started with some interesting facts about why I LOVE the Geminids meteor shower: 1) An Unexplained […]

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