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3 days ago · When you become a member, you join our mission to increase discoveries in our solar system and beyond, elevate the search for life outside our planet, and decrease the risk of Earth being hit by an asteroid. Your role in space exploration starts now. $4 /month. $10 /month.
1 day ago · Thus, to the seven celestial bodies belonged the seven days of the week, the seven metals, and the seven organs: Sun ruled over gold and the heart; under the influence of Moon was silver and the brain; to Mercury belonged metal of the same name and the lungs; in dominion of Venus there were copper and kidneys; Mars was the lord of iron and the ...
5 days ago · Jagadananda Ray, often considered the father of Bengali science fiction, is the original author of the second story, ‘Voyage to Venus’ (original title ‘Shukra Bhraman’). This tale ...
3 days ago · Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today.
- Mars is less than 56 million km (35 million miles) from Earth at its closest approach, but it recedes to almost 400 million km (250 million miles)...
- Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system, only larger than Mercury and slightly more than half the size of Earth. It has an equatoria...
- Mars is similar to Earth in many ways. Like Earth, it has clouds, winds, a roughly 24-hour day, seasonal weather patterns, polar ice caps, volcanoe...
- The characteristic temperature on Mars in the lower atmosphere is about 200 kelvins (K; −100 °F, −70 °C), which is generally colder than the averag...
- The Viking landers are two robotic U.S. spacecraft launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the study of the planet...
- Space colonization, on Mars or elsewhere, is widely debated. Some argue humans have a moral duty to save our species from extinction, and space col...
2 days ago · Astrobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe and thus to integrate biology with planetary science, astronomy, cosmology, and the other physical sciences. The discipline emerged in the late 20th century, partly in response to the development of space exploration programs in the United ...
2 days ago · Best international film, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2004 The Blindflyers: Bernd Sahling: Ricarda Ramünke, Maria Rother: Musical: a.k.a. Die Blindgänger: Blood of the Templars Florian Baxmeyer Mirko Lang, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Harald Krassnitzer: Fantasy: Boo, Zino & the Snurks: Holger Tappe , Lenard Fritz Krawinkel — Animated film
4 days ago · By K.J. Yossman. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Hallmark Media. “Star Trek” alum Jonathan Frakes is set to direct sci-fi series “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime.”. He has also ...