About 800 years ago in 1226 the two planets were visually “arranged” in the night sky. It was a coincidence of Jupiter and Saturn. In a rare event, they appeared very close together with one-half of the apparent width of the moon. This happened on March 4, 1226 – just …
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When Santa is ready Christmas on Earth At the North Pole of the Earth, the holiday spirit is taking place at Angels The South Pole of Mars. A spacecraft, a week before Christmas, has discovered a “figure of an angel” and a large heart at the South Pole. This week, …
Read More »Image: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO A European satellite has discovered the figure of an incredible real angel in the South Polar region of Mars – full of wings, halo and heart. It seems that some of Martin’s artists painted the scene for the holiday …
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Helicopter leader scans reveal the ancient Amazonian “cosmos” of circular colonies, connected by direct routes. Acre is an Amazon rainfed state in northwestern Brazil known for its Brazil almond trees and rubber production. To the west, on the Peruvian border, the Serra du Diviser National Park overlooks mountains and some …
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Astronomers have unveiled the most accurate 3D map of the galaxy yet, promising to shed fresh light on the galaxy’s workings and the mysteries of the vast universe. The giant electronic atlas was compiled from data collected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia Observatory, which is scanning the sky from …
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