NASA gets set more detailed map of Mars
The THEMIS team has assembled a spectacular map will be used by researchers for many years
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA (JPL) has been responsible for coordinating the most comprehensive map configurción achieved so far on Mars, thanks to a camera mounted on board the Mars Odyssey, as reported by the institution.
Specifically, this map has been constructed from 21,000 images captured by 'Themis', the system thermal emission imaging, an instrument or multi-band infrared camera on Odyssey, which has employed for eight years to photograph the red planet.
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Thus, this map is a huge mosaic of screenshots that allows the user to see the Martian surface just 100 meters from the ground, using the 'zoom'. It is also open to the public through the Internet and both volcanoes as craters and dusty esplanades of the planet can appreciate.
"The team has been assembled Themis a spectacular product that will be the map that researchers used on Mars between now and many years. It offers all the possibilities for the study of the planet, "said Themis principal investigator, Philip Christensen.
The Mars Odyssey at NASA was sent into space in April 2001 and reached the planet in October of that year. Science operations, however, began in February the following year, at JPL, in Washington.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/odyssey/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/main/index.html
As usual we take the post to give an overview of the latest news and videos of different events and missions of international space agencies. NASA, ESA, JAXA .... etc
Teide Observatory. Tenerife
Observatory of the Roque de Los Muchachos. La Palma.
AMS: searching the unknown
'The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a scientific instrument will be attached to That the International Space Station (ISS). It will search for dark matter, and hunt for antimatter. If Successful, it will discover the invisible scaffolding of the Universe is dark matter Because thought to Represent 90% of the Complement of cosmic matter. ESA is support supporting this instrument, designed by Nobel laureate physicist Samuel Ting particle Team With The participation of Institutes from 16 countries. AMS WAS mostly made in Europe, Assembled at CERN and tested at ESTEC. It is Planned to be sent to the ISS onboard the Space Shuttle early next year. '
http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmghome.pl
The Sun on July 6, 2010
NASA SDO - The Sun on July 11, 2010
First seen July 10 2010, NOAA active region this is 11087. It Remains in the hemisphere formed in it, In This case the northern hemisphere, Which is typical of active regions.
Credit: NASA SDO / Lockheed Martin Space System Company, Benji Friedman
NASA | Inside Astrobiology: James Cook
Jamie Cook, an astrobiologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center, talks about her work in the lab and Some of her Most Exciting discoveries.
This video is public domain and can be downloaded at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010615/
NGC 7793
'This composite image shows the nearby galaxy NGC 7793 contains a powerful microquasar That In Its outskirts.'
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/podcasts/hd/index.html
A Black Hole Inferno
ESA: A Black Hole Inferno (Activity: Science and Robotic Exploration, Mission: XMM-Newton)
Black holes are Some of The Most elusive objects in the Universe. They can form a massive star collapses when to under Its Own weight. Because They are very dense, the gravitational pull of black holes is so strong That nothing can escape, not light events. They Have Remained Malthus long black and mysterious.
But now, thanks to ESA's and NASA's X-ray observatories, XMM-Newton and Chandra, astronomers much clearer Have a picture of black holes are and WHERE THEY CAN Actually what do. That can be removed and dramatic!
Observations of RXJ December 42 provided 11 Have Evidence of how a giant black hole can tear apart and swallow a star, as Explained by Dr Stefanie Komossa of Max Planck Institute in Munich.
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