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| Astrophoto: Moon and Jupiter by Karen Breytenbach |
Jul 21, 2006 - Karen Breytenbach took this picture of the moon and Jupiter on the 13th of July from Johannesburg, South Africa. Karen used digital Nikon Coolpix8700, mounted on a tripod, set on night landscape mode with maximum zoom.
Do you have photos you'd like to share? Post them to the Universe Today astrophotography forum or email them to me directly, and I might feature one in Universe Today. |
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| F ring appears against the planet and above Prometheus. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI. Click to enlarge |
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| Prometheus On the Edge of the Rings |
| Jul 22, 2005 - In this photograph, Cassini is looking through Saturn's rings to see the planet and one of its shepherd moons, Prometheus. The rings are casting a shadow onto the planet, and you can see the narrow, dense regions which are created by gravitational interaction with the shepherd moons. This picture was taken on June 3, 2005, when Cassini was 2.1 million kilometers (1.3 million miles) from Saturn. (Full Story) |
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| A section of the ALH84001 Mars meteorite. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge |
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| Mars Has Been Cold for Billions of Years |
| Jul 22, 2005 - With the evidence turned up by the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Red Planet was once warm enough to have liquid water flowing on its surface. But according to researchers at MIT that period happened a long time ago; more than 4 billion years ago, in fact. The team analyzed the amount of argon in various Martian meteorites. Since argon known to leak out of rocks at different rates depending on the temperature. they were able to provide this estimate for the age of the Martian deep freeze. (Full Story) |
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| Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge |
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| Next Mars Orbiter Will Launch August 10 |
| Jul 22, 2005 - NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), is in the final stages of preparation for launch. If all goes well, the spacecraft will lift off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V on August 10, and begin the 7-month journey to reach Mars. MRO is carrying 6 instruments that will probe the planet's atmosphere, surface and subsurface and provide the most detailed examination so far. (Full Story) |
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