Astronomy and Space

They find old thermal water tanks in Mars

They find old thermal water tanks in Mars

Data received from the Mars orbit, through satellite MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), aim at the discovery of old thermal water tanks in the Vernal Crater, a site where diverse forms of life could evolve in Mars, in agreement with a study published in the Astrobiology magazine.
The thermal waters have great astrobiológico meaning, [...]

New theory affirms that the Star of Bethlehem took place in the month of June

New theory affirms that the Star of Bethlehem took place in the month of June

Dave Reneke, an Australian astronomer, has used a powerful computer science program to recreate the aspect of the firmament of the Palestine of about 2000 years ago, reaching the conclusion that the natividad did not take place 25 of December, but 17 of June.
The Australian creates to have identified the astronomical phenomenon that New [...]

They discover a small asteroid that could hit the Earth

They discover a small asteroid that could hit the Earth

The 31 of January of 2009, Robert Holmes, an astronomer of Astronomical Research Institute (EE.UU.), observed a well-known asteroid when it found another object at a high speed moving by the field of vision. [...] Has already been confirmed that the object is a new Potentially Dangerous Asteroid (PHA, by the abbreviations in English of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid),

They discover that the dark side of the Moon was visible from the Earth

They discover that the dark side of the Moon was visible from the Earth

The reason by that from here, from the Earth, always we see the same face of the Moon is that our satellite exactly takes the same time in giving a return on itself that in carrying out a rotation around our planet. For that reason, the face hides of the Moon could not be seen [...]

They detect great amounts of pure water in the Mars North Pole

They detect great amounts of pure water in the Mars North Pole

The North polar Mars layer contains water ice with a high degree of purity, in agreement with an international study. Using data of the instrument radar SHARAD on board the Orbitador de Reconocimiento de Marte (MRO), French investigators say that the data aim at a 95% of purity in the polar ice layer. [...]

Spectacular video of a meteorite recorded in Sweden

We left to the spectacular images of an recorded meteorite day you 17 of January in Sweden. It is possible to be seen as it explodes when entering the atmosphere reason why the rest have perhaps fallen in an ample zone.

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