‘Solar System’ Archives
Juno still on course for 2011 Launch
Juno is still on schedule for a 2011 Aug launch. This is a solar powered 5 year trip to Jupiter. But the really cool thing about the Juno programme is that it is the first spacecraft to attempt to make it past the Kuiper belt to the outer planets using Solar cell technology. Juno will fly closer to the planet than the Galileo spacecraft giving us [...]
Saturn – beautiful new Cassini image
With Saturn having its rings edge on to the Sun, you might think all the cool pictures are going to have to wait. Well take a look at this Cassini image and tell me what you make of it. Take a close look and while you cannot see the moon Enceladus, you can see its shadow beside the shadow of the ring. Stunning...thanks Cassini!
Water Water everywhere….
It doesn't rain but it pours! Certainly thats what it feels like when within just a short few hours you start to hear about water on the moon (yes the moon!) and now on Mars. Given the fact that water may be more abundant than previously thought it is reasonable to deduce that we can use this information to help us decide possible future [...]
Mars
Images of the plant mars from Hubble..