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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2024 - Earth planning date: Monday, January 22, 2024: Here in Toronto (along with much of Canada and the United States), weve spent the last few weeks bathed in an icy blast of arctic air, which has been

Citizen scientists working with NASAs Cloudspotting project have used Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data to observe when and where clouds cluster over the Red Planet.

Citizen scientists working with the NASA Cloudspotting project have used data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to observe when and where water and carbon dioxide clouds cluster over the Red Planet.

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Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

It may be millions of kilometres away, but Earth hasnt forgotten Mars is having a big celebration. On 7 February 2021, the red planet celebrates the turn of a new year - at least according to our calendar-keeping on Earth.

It turns out this is based on science but is also somewhat arbitrary. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but bear with me. This is fun. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. On average it orbits about 228 million kilometers out, compared to 150 million for Earth. Because of that, it orbits more slowly and has a longer path to cover, so its year is longer than ours: about 687 (Earth) days compared to 365 and change for our planet. Measuring the length of the Mars year is all fine and good, b...