Sun Earth Day 2012, The Transit of Venus; "Shadows of the Sun" On June 5/6, 2012, the planet Venus will make its final trek across the face of the sun as seen...
A solar storm is heading our way. The Kp planetary index is 5! Aurora could be visible from the northern US. Check it out at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ and...
While most of us slept, the sun was awake and having a tantrum. On Tuesday, evening, it unleashed two of the largest solar flares in five years toward our tiny...
2012 is turning out to be a very interesting year, if you are an astronomer! Tonight, March 26th, the crescent moon passes within about five degrees of Venus...
The long awaited Transit of Venus is almost upon us! On June 5th (US) and June 6th (most of Europe), Venus will once again pass in front of the sun but this is...
Strong chances of finding life in another planet.Kindly name the planet? Source of Energy r going to be depleted when we r going to get the substitute either...
Well, the best odds for finding life within the solar system seem to be the objects that support liquid water. These include Europe and Ganymede, Mars...
Friends, Plans are well underway for the MSL Curiosity landing on August 5/6. We have launched a Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/groups/nasa_msl for posting...
thank you so much for clearing my doubts. but i have another question we consider amino acids n carbohydrates as life supporting unitz but isnt it posibl dt...
Life is not just "anything";. There are requirements like reproduction and responsiveness to its environment, etc. A piece of paper is not alive. Beyond this,...
Friends, The NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Flickr site is up and ready to begin receiving images. Our web page describing the Observing Certificate...
I am hosting a group of Girl Scouts for a Star Party tomorrow night, and we will be looking for Mars. We would love to earn a certificate, and I will also be...
Hi Dorian, At 10pm, Mars will still be 23 degrees above the horizon, just south of west and just ahead of Saturn which is above Spica (in Virgo). The moon ...
Oh, one more thing about Mars; it is pretty far away now, something like 6.5" (arc seconds) in diameter. So, plan not to see too much except a small reddish...
*NASA IS PREPARING TO LAND THE MARS ROVER NAMED "CURIOSITY"!* Below are some ways to bring Curiosity into your events this summer or on the night of the...
The quoted Earth Mars distance in the MSL flyer is in error. The actual earth Mars distance at time of MSL landing (Aug 5/6) should be about 150 million miles....
Could you please encourage your membership to enter their Mars/MSL events into our NASA Mars/MSL Google Map at http://www.nasa.gov/mars/. We currently have a...
Which mission are you referring to? Mars Science Laboratory? If so, it is a Mars rover that will look for signs of past and present conditions on Mars...
