Archive for Mercury and Venus

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Videos: Solar observatory spacecraft captures great views of Mercury transit

May10
by TopSpacer on May 10, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Events, Mercury and Venus, Solar Science

The Mercury transit was seen by observers on the ground and by satellites in space. The best views of the transit came from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft, whose multiple imagers showed the transit in different parts of the spectrum: Another SDO view: http://mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/movies/Mercury_AIA96s_171/All/Mercury_AIA96s_171_All.mp4 Here […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mercury to transit the Sun on Monday

May08
by TopSpacer on May 8, 2016 at 5:38 pm
Posted In: Astronomy, Mercury and Venus, Solar Science

On Monday the planet Mercury will transit across the face of the Sun as seen from earth between about 7:12 am  and 2:42 pm EDT : Mercury Enters Spotlight on May 9 – NASA. This video shows the path that it will take: Don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Exploring Venus with an air ship

Dec19
by TopSpacer on December 19, 2014 at 11:10 am
Posted In: Mercury and Venus, Space Science, Space Settlement

Over the years there have been those who have argued that Venus, not Mars, is the best place for humans to explore and even settle. They are not proposing that people go down into the poisonous atmosphere and onto the hellishly hot […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Colonies on the clouds of Venus

Jul03
by TopSpacer on July 3, 2014 at 11:09 pm
Posted In: Living in Space, Mercury and Venus, Space Settlement

Living atop the clouds of Venus might be feasible and offer some advantages over the surface of Mars: The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus:  Science fiction writers have come up with a plausible scenario for a floating city above the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Venus Express sees a glory

Mar12
by TopSpacer on March 12, 2014 at 5:25 am
Posted In: Mercury and Venus, Space Science

A post by ESA about a recent observation from the Venus Express orbiter: Venus glory  A rainbow-like feature known as a ‘glory’ has been seen by ESA’s Venus Express orbiter in the atmosphere of our nearest neighbour – the first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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