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Mars Orbiter spies Phobos in front of Red Planet

Mars Orbiter spies Phobos in front of Red Planet

by Colin Stuart | Feb 5, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised

Unlike our Moon, which is about one quarter the size of Earth, Phobos, the largest of Mars’s two moons is tiny – just 25 kilometres across. That makes it smaller than London. In this new image, released from The Mars Orbiter, Phobos is seen passing in...
Astronaut posts immense picture of London from space

Astronaut posts immense picture of London from space

by Colin Stuart | Feb 5, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised

Italian astronaut Sam Cristoforetti has one of the best views of anyone at the moment. Orbiting above our heads at 17,500 mph on the International Space Station, she can see up to 16 sunsets and sunrises in a single day. She also gets a unique view on the rest of us...

Cassini spies tiny moon Epimetheus next to Saturn’s rings

by Colin Stuart | Feb 2, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised

Saturn is a lot of people’s favourite planet due to its resplendent rings. Some of those rings – made of house-sized chunks of ice – have recently been snapped by the Cassini space probe alongside the planet’s diminutive moon Epimetheus (just...

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