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The most interesting events of space and astronomy for the week
Space - amazing, mysterious and beautiful. Thousands of scientists have dedicated their lives to the study of space, and thanks to their efforts, we get all the new and new information about space, both near and far.
This week in space was much more interesting, and if you do not have time to track down some important news, in this digest, you can learn (or relearn) about the main events in space, astronomy and all other related fields.
1. Scientists have collected the most important images of the Sun and made on the basis of their colorful video showing the life of our star. Movie turned out really impressive:
2. Elon Musk will write a book about space, Mars and Earth
3. Mars One project is becoming more real
From previous 700 candidates were selected 100 , the most deserving. Now we have to choose another 40 people from the 100, are worthy of dignity. colonists will have to live without sex , alcohol, family, and hope soon to return to Earth.
4. High-altitude clouds on Mars - what is it? B>
Well, no one knows how or why at an altitude of 200 and even 480 kilometers above the surface Red Planet appeared clouds. Scientists are just trying to explain it all, but the theory of complex and intricate.
5. 25 years ago, "Voyager 1" photographed the Earth
It's been a quarter century since then, as the "Voyager 1» photographed Earth , being from it at 6, 5 billion kilometers . Our huge planet looked like a pale blue dot.
6. Dawn probe has sent new pictures planetoid Ceres
And these images have a much more detailed than the ones that got the Hubble or the probe itself a couple of months ago. Already have, what to see .
7. New Horizons probe photographed nobody Hydra - Pluto
Pluto itself on many of the photos can be difficult to see, but here we are talking about such small its moons, Nix and Hydra as. make pictures approximately 186 million kilometers from Pluto.
8. Curiosity continues to explore Mars
The data that have been obtained - a small fraction of what is yet to come. Mars still harbors a lot of mysteries, so researchers have something to do the next couple of centuries. Well, helps in exploring Mars Curiosity , together with other devices, both terrestrial and orbital.
9. Virtual Reality and 3D printers on the ISS
The astronauts on the ISS train control various systems in virtual reality, plus everything is now possible to own sozdavat necessary tools .
Source: geektimes.ru/post/246210/
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