Month: September 2020
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Looking for Life on Planets and Moons
At this point, just about everyone knows that we’ve been searching for signs of life on Mars. Now, we’re looking for signs of life on Venus. There are also two other places that scientists are taking a hard look at. A moon called Enceladus orbits the planet Saturn and, while covered in ice, has flowing…
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Astronomy Weekend of the 18th to 25th
What’s going on in the sky over the weekend? Tonight, Friday 18th, you can point your telescope toward Saturn and check out some of the moons. Those with a medium to large telescope will have a great view. Saturday, the 19th, Venus is in the light, again. An hour before sunrise; step outside and you’ll…
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Life on Venus
Life on…Venus? Hang on. I thought that we were all eventually moving to Mars! Rocket Labs is planning to search for life on Venus and they have no plans to stop at one mission. The surface temperature of Venus is hot enough to melt lead. How do they expect us to live there? How indeed..…
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Asteroid Buzz
Two asteroids just buzzed by the earth! Just how close did those huge space rocks come to slamming into us? Closer than you may think! All it takes is one asteroid bigger than a car to make it through our atmosphere and hit the surface. Shockingly enough, this isn’t even a common occurrence. A bus,…