Solar System: Be in the Know This Week
1. Say Farewell to a Comet Rider
After a successful and eventful adventure landing on a comet, no more signals will be received from the Rosetta mission’s comet lander, Philae.
2. Target Shooting
Using new software our very own Mars rover Curiosity can even choose its own rock targets for its laser spectrometer.
Find out how Curiosity selects its own targets
3. Flares for the Dramatic
Our sun recently emitted three mid-size solar flares, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory captured it all.
4. Bring the Heat
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be the mysterious heat source behind the planet’s surprisingly high upper atmospheric temperatures. When Juno begins its science orbits, the Great Red Spot will be among its top targets.
5. Cut and Dried
The gullies on today’s Red Planet were not cut by flowing liquid water, as previously thought, but rather by processes such as the freeze and thaw of carbon dioxide frost. New findings using data from our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a new picture of the cause,
Discover the full list of 10 things to know about our solar system this week HERE.
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