News tagged with iron planet

Moon glides by bright star, Mars next week before dawn

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon puts on a great show before dawn next week as it passes by a bright star and planet, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Astronomers study unusual asteroid

A space mission will soon visit an unusual asteroid called Vesta that may turn out to not be an asteroid at all, but a minor planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Searching for alien earths with planet colors

Earth is invitingly blue. Mars is angry red. Venus is brilliant white. Astronomers have learned that a planet's "true colors" can reveal important details. For example, Mars is red because its soil contains ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery

Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (56) | comments 11

Researchers use multispectral images to reveal origin and evolution of Mercury

Up until last year globes of Mercury were blank on one side. The Mariner 10 spacecraft explored the small planet in three flybys (1974-1975), but since no more than half was ever seen it remained the least ...

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2