#China moves rocket into place for upcoming Mars mission

“#China moves rocket into place for upcoming Mars mission” In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 file photo, a Mars lander is lifted during a test for its hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility at Huailai in China’s Hebei province. The site outside Beijing simulated conditions on the red planet, where the pull…

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#Close-ups of the sun

“#Close-ups of the sun” The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft took these images on 30 May 2020. They show the sun’s appearance at a wavelength of 17 nanometers, which is in the extreme ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Images at this wavelength reveal the upper atmosphere of the sun, the…

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#Solar Orbiter gives scientists unprecedented look at Sun

“#Solar Orbiter gives scientists unprecedented look at Sun” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists said Thursday they had obtained the closest ever images taken of the Sun as part of a pan-European mission to study solar winds and flares that could have far-reaching impacts back on Earth. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter blasted off from…

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