Red Planet Weather Report Live

One of the greatest achievement in the human history "Live weather report from other planet" and that is Mars-The Red Planet. The achievement has been made by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's InSight Mars Lander. Technologically advanced Robot "InSight" made successful landing on 26 November 2018 near Elysium Planitia. 

The lander intended to study the interior of Mars including the geologic process and the evolution of the red planet. It is considered as the first spacecraft ever in the history of robotic exploration to record live weather from other planet.

The live weather can be seen at NASA InSight Weather

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Lost in Space | Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Lost in Space - Mars TV Series Image

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Opportunity Rover Status Update 2019 - Mission Ends

Opportunity Rover        Image Credit: NASA

Highlights:

• One of the longest Rover "Opportunity" fell silent.
• 1000 of new commands sent to re-establish communication.
• Achieved New Records and found drinkable water on Mars.
• A New type of rock  "Hematite" discovered on red planet.

Longest operated robotic rover on any other planet "Opportunity Rover" fall silent after a severe Mars-dust storm blanketed the rover's solar panel avoiding power generation. That ultimately affected the communication with the ground controllers. Opportunity and its twin Spirit launched 15 years before and intended to characterize the sediments of rocks and soil for 90 days program. But the effective technology made the rover to survive and explore Mars for a period of 15 years.

After its silence, NASA's ground attempted nearly thousands of commands to woke the rover and establish communication that endured useless. NASA's Space Flight Operation facility at Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the last communication on 10 June 2018. During the operation on Mars, Opportunity had traveled nearly 45 kilometers exploring and imaging the red planet. However the mission end, it serve as a future path for future Mars lander or rover missions. 

Most of the raw images and colored images transmitted by Opportunity can be located at Official Opportunity Website. It had made a tremendous contribution to the society of Mars exploration mission and forthcoming Mars generation. 

Highlights of the Mission (Achievement)

• Traveled around 45 kilometers on the surface
• Returned 217,000 images 15 (360 degree panoramas)
• Analyzed 52 rock samples and 72 additional samples
• Found Hematite that forms water
• Discovered drinkable water at Endeavor Crater 

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Vast Galaxy | Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day: Vast Galaxy

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Scientists spotted a new black hole - 10,000 light years away

Highlights

• Scientists spotted a new Black Hole
• Black hole was detected by NICER aboard International Space Station
• Monitored by University of Maryland
• The black hole is about 10,000 light years away from our earth

     NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) aboard International Space Station have discovered a new black hole using X-ray light. The discovery was made possible using NICER (NASA's Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer). The newly discovered black hole was named as MAXI J1820+070. It is not a real star but consumed from a companion star. 

   The tremendous discovery was made by astrphysicists from University of  Maryland, College Park and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Maryland. A paper describing findings of black hole is published in nature journal and can be located at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0803-x

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