Posts Tagged ‘ Earth ’

Article by Ritika NASA successfully launched, in almost perfect weather conditions on Friday, an Earth-observing satellite aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System Preparatory Project, called NPP, lifted into space early Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a Delta 2 rocket. Jim Gleason told...
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Question by Anikin: How would Earth look from the planet Venus? Note: Of course this is if you could view past the clouds hypothetically. Best answer: Answer by ShrykullVenus from Earth, to the untrained eye, looks simply like a bright star in the night sky. Now assuming you can see through Venus’s atmosphere and...
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SPACE.com – In 1931, the close approach of the asteroid Eros allowed professional astronomers to calculate its distance and make that era’s most accurate measurement of the solar system. As the asteroid passes near Earth this week, amateur astronomers and students from around the world seek to recreate the historical experience. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Behold one of the more detailed images of the Earth yet created. APOD
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Question by N!ck: How similar would extraterrestrial organisms be to ones on Earth? I feel like they would be quite similar except for visual/structural differences, but that’s only if all life is carbon-based. But does it HAVE to be? What other elements can life possibly be based on? Best answer: Answer by Misrakthere is...
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Question by ic0lh1b00: Why haven’t SETI been more successful, could the Earth be alone in transmitting radio signals to find life? or could ET be broadcasting on a frequency which isn’t being monitored? Best answer: Answer by SpaceBoy360*My guess is that SETI were so far unsuccessful in finding extraterrestrial signals because those extraterrestrials might...
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SPACE.com – Despite reports that a failed Russian Mars probe fell to Earth Sunday (Jan. 15) and plunged into the Pacific Ocean, some confusion remains over where exactly the spacecraft crashed, according to Russian news reports. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Reuters – A stranded Russian science satellite, loaded with rocket fuel for a roundtrip mission to Mars, is expected to plunge back to Earth on Sunday, but officials said on Friday they don’t know when or where it will hit. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Article by Ritika Astronomers with NASA’s Kepler mission have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in a “habitable zone” outside our solar system. The new planet, Kepler-22b, was discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which sifts through the universe in search for Earth like planets. While Kepler has found more than 2,000 possible...
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ContributorNetwork – A Russian space probe that was intended for a two-and-a-half-year mission to one of Mars’ moons will be falling to Earth just over two months into its failed mission. According to an AP report, the Phobos-Ground probe that was originally launched on November 9 on a mission to take soil samples from...
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Question by cutie_grl_foreva: How long will it take to get from earth to planet Jupiter? sorryy if the question is weird but its for a project on a brchure thankx>:) Best answer: Answer by Bonesit really depends on how fast your going…but think about it like this it would take about five times longer...
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Question by THE GUARDIAN OF FOREVER: Do you believe that Aliens have actually visited the Earth in what we call UFOs? Have aliens actually visited Earth? I heard some theories on CNN the other night. One said that aliens were actually humans from the future traveling back in time for some reason. Another said...
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