Friday, October 28, 2022

Scientists Spar Over Underground Lakes on Mars

10/28/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

Scientists spar over underground lakes on Mars
ESA

The team that first proposed the subsurface polar lakes now says there’s more proof than ever.

James Webb captures stellar portrait of Pillars of Creation
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI)

JWST’s infrared vision cuts through the iconic Pillars’ dense dust to reveal myriad stars forming within.

10 must-visit astro destinations
Marco Sproviero, Beobachtergruppe Deutsches Museum/Deutsches Museum

These museums, observatories, and telescopes should be on every enthusiast’s travel list.

How music sets the cosmic scene of Star Trek
mindofmush | Pixabay 

Take a special behind-the-scenes peek at how the scores that take us to strange new worlds are made.

Ask Astro: Why do our giant planets spin so fast?
MotloAstro/Wikimedia Commons (Sun); NASA (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter [with ESA], Saturn, Uranus, Neptune); ESA (Mars) 

Why do the giant planets rotate so much faster than the terrestrial planets in our solar system?

Orion Nebula Puzzle┬а

OBSERVING

The sky this week
Bernard Miller

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. 

PICTURE OF THE DAY

California Gleaming
Vikas Chander from Delhi, India

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is a classic target for astrophotographers in Perseus that stretches across nearly 2.5° of sky. This image was taken over 9 hours and 20 minutes with a 4.2-inch scope at RoboScopes in southern Spain.

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