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The 23-year-old orbiter is capturing images that offer panoramic views of the Red Planet, similar to what astronauts on the International Space Station see on Earth. Orbital apparatus NASA Mars Odyssey 2001 This year marks 100,000 orbits around Mars, providing valuable data and stunning images, like this recent photo of the Olympus Mountain horizon. Led…

During the launch of the first batch of communications satellites in China, more than 50 pieces of debris were created that could threaten spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Long March 6A It was launched from a specially constructed launch pad at the Taiyuan Cosmodrome on August 6. The rocket’s upper stage, modified for multiple satellite…

At a conference on August 7, NASA experts admitted that they still lack confidence in the spacecraft’s capabilities Starliner An agreement has been reached with the American company Boeing to safely return two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from the International Space Station. Crew Starliner Although the expedition was planned to be limited to…

Usually, the lithium content in stars decreases during evolution. With all this, astronomers have long encountered ancient luminaries with a high content of this metal. The new star turned out to be a record holder among its kind. Modern models cannot explain its composition. With age, the lithium content in the photosphere of stars, i.e.…

For life elsewhere in the solar system, Mars is probably the least bad choice. Today, the planet is a frigid desert, but the dry river valleys that cut through its surface suggest that in the past conditions were quite suitable for liquid water. For decades, scientists and science fiction writers have toyed with the idea…

A new study suggests that dramatic cliffs and high plateaus were caused by the same wave that was triggered in the Earth’s middle layer when the continents broke apart. New research suggests that high plateaus in the interior of continents were raised by drilling deep into the Earth, hundreds of kilometres from where they formed.…

Experts from the European Space Agency showed a new photo taken by the automatic interplanetary station Mars Express. The picture shows a region called the Caralis Chaos. According to experts, in the past, one of the largest lakes of the Red Planet was located on its territory. In the distant past of the Red Planet,…