We are pleased to announce that account sign-ups on solarsystem.social are now open !!!
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Any professional working in the field of #PlanetaryScience is welcome to join. If you are a student, postdoc, researcher, engineer, administrator, institution, society, community, academic journal, journalist, science educator, or science promoter, we would be pleased to welcome you to our community!
The University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is hiring software engineers for science data processing on the Data Systems team. We build satellite borne instruments for studying astrophysics, planetary science, earth science, atmospheric science, and many more disciplines. Data Systems typically does the ground processing of the instrument data from binary packets through to research quality science data products (think netCDF, HDF5, CDF, FITS files). Mostly we use Python but we have some Java systems and C experience is always a plus for making Python faster.
Well this is fun! A #meteorite that slammed into #Mars in September 2021 has rewritten what we know about the planet’s interior. Analyzing the seismic vibrations caused by the impact has led to the discovery of a small active layer of molten rock that envelops Mars’s liquid-metal core. #geology#planetarysciencehttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03271-4
I must admit, this news about #Uranus and #Neptune has me shook:
"A fresh analysis of Voyager 2's images show both ice giants are in fact a similar shade of greenish blue, which is the 'most accurate representation yet' of the planets' colors, the new study finds."
Le rover Perseverance continue de longer le lit asséché de la rivière Neretva, qui alimentait autrefois le lac du cratère Jezero. Les rides d'eau ont été remplacées par des dunes de sable, où repose Ingenuity 🚁.
Image acquise aujourd'hui sur Mars à 13h45 heure locale. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasappere/53710547890/in/dateposted-public/
Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface of Jupiters moon Europa.
Olympus Could Have Been a Giant Volcanic Island in an Ancient Martian Ocean
Olympus Mons is the tallest volcano in the Solar System, towering over the parched Martian landscape. But scientists believe that oceans once covered Mars. Was Mars once like the giant shield volcanoes in the Hawaiian islands poking out from the ocean? New research shows that the giant volcano has similar features to Earth's volcanic islands, where the ocean might have contacted the lava flows. Other giant volcanoes on Mars have similar weathering, and a vast ocean might have covered the whole region.
The new Science Explorer (SciX) launches today! This provides search over publications related to Earth and Space Science. It builds on the Astrophysics Data Service to expand similar services of discovery to Earth, Planetary, Heliophysics and Space-based biological and physics sciences.
Il y a 1000 sols (jours martiens), le rover Perseverance se posait à la surface de la planète rouge.
Après avoir :
✅Parcouru 23 km
✅Collecté 23 échantillons
✅Terminé la campagne du delta
Le rover va explorer la vallée Neretva, creusée par une rivière qui alimenta jadis le lac du cratère Jezero.
A Southwest Research Institute-led team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team compared the early collision histories of the two bodies and determined that Venus likely experienced higher-speed, higher-energy...
Les paysages qui entourent Perseverance sont vraiment majestueux ces temps-ci. Le rover remonte le lit asséché de la rivière Neretva, qui perce le rempart du cratère Jezero, rempart qu'on voit ici en arrière-plan. Il s'élève à plusieurs centaines de mètres de haut !
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#PPOD: This view of Jupiter's moon Callisto, captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on 25 June 1997, shows the 350-km-long Gomul Catena crater chain—the result of a comet that broke apart just before impact into what appears to be at least 26-27 separate major pieces! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Jason Major
New Giant Planet Is Evidence of Possible Planetary Collisions A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash. TOI-1853b's mass is almost twice that of any other similar
NASA’s Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa (www.nasa.gov)
Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface of Jupiters moon Europa.
Researchers find ancient, high-energy impacts could have fueled Venus volcanism (phys.org)
A Southwest Research Institute-led team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team compared the early collision histories of the two bodies and determined that Venus likely experienced higher-speed, higher-energy...
Strange Neptune-Sized Planet Is Denser Than Steel – May Be Result of a Giant Planetary Clash (scitechdaily.com)
New Giant Planet Is Evidence of Possible Planetary Collisions A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash. TOI-1853b's mass is almost twice that of any other similar