Visual Astronomy Display for February 2014
Highlights…
- Engineers and scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory talk about the amazing discoveries of Opportunity which is still functioning on the surface of Mars a full ten years after it landed in 2004;
- A neat little video from MinutePhysics about how the solar system has ended up relatively flat even in a 3D universe;
- Hank from the SciShow rounds up some of the information we have learned since the Chelyabinsk Meteor crashed to earth one year ago;
- Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gives us a tour of his International Space Station living quarters; and
- An exploration of recently discovered “Hot Jupiter” exoplanets, showing us that these planets are weirder than anything astronomers have imagined.
Bonus Videos…
- Operating a Rover on Mars discusses the challenges involved in the monumental task of keeping a vehicle running on different planet for 10 years.
- How Spirit & Opportunity Affected Our Lives is about how the twin rovers journey on Mars has affected their lives and careers of engineers and scientists at JPL.
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