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or 'wreath'. This word refers to the visible circlet during a solar eclipse - it looks very much like a crown. When any of the various coronavirus particles is viewed under a microscope, its projections are reminiscent of a solar corona, hence its name. We are familiar with SARS and CO...
2. There's an enormous, dense blob of metal below the surface of the moon's south pole. Deep below the moon'sSouth Pole-Aitken basin(the largest preserved impact crater anywhere in thesolar system), researchers have detected a gargantuan "anomaly" of heavy metal lodged in the mantle that...
Getting a job atNASAis no walk in the park, but contributing to its upcoming science experiment could be just that easy. While we can’t all be astronauts or rocket scientists, we can download NASA’s newGLOBE Observer Eclipse appand record data during the upcomingfull solar eclipse. The n...
Bailey (Middle English)–“Bailiff (occupational name),”“berry clearing,” or “city fortification”; spelling variant for “Baily’s Beads” (bright sunlight spots at the edge of the moon’s silhouette seen during a solar eclipse) Belka (Czech, Slovak, and Polish name)– A Russian space...
In the summer of 1977, NASA sent two probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to explore the outer reaches of the solar system. Within two years they were sending back pictures of Jupiter, and Voyager 1 flew by Saturn in November 1980. By 1989, Voyager 2 had completed its primary mission when...
variety of camera types and styles. It is marketed as a "ready-to-fly flight system with features for the professional." The drone can be flown by one or two pilots (with two people, one pilot focuses on the position of the vehicle, while the co-pilot manages the camera's perspective...