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Mars’s longest morning cloud may form ice without dust
A new model suggests Mars’s Arsia Mons Elongated C…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #ArsiaMonsElongatedCloud #atmosphericgravitywaves #CA #Canada #cloudmicrophysics #CNRS #EuropeanSpaceAgency #homogeneousnucleation #JorgeHernández-Bernal #mars #marsexpress #Martianvolcanoes #planetaryatmospheres #planetaryclimatemodeling #planetaryscience #research #SorbonneUniversité #SpaceNews #supersaturation #water-iceclouds
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/929418/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/730612/ Mars’s longest morning cloud may form ice without dust #ArsiaMonsElongatedCloud #AtmosphericGravityWaves #CloudMicrophysics #CNRS #Éire #EuropeanSpaceAgency #HomogeneousNucleation #IE #Ireland #JorgeHernándezBernal #Mars #MarsExpress #MartianVolcanoes #PlanetaryAtmospheres #PlanetaryClimateModeling #PlanetaryScience #Research #Science #SorbonneUniversité #SpaceNews #supersaturation #WaterIceClouds
Phobos and Saturn - ESA Mars Express ❔🪐
#astronomy #esa #marsexpress #phobos #saturn #space
▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phobos_and_Saturn_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855580390016%29.jpg
Video: Phobos, Deimos and Saturn - ESA Mars Express ❔🪐
#astronomy #deimos #esa #marsexpress #phobos #saturn #space
▶️ 1 new video from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Video-_Phobos%2C_Deimos_and_Saturn_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855579736088%29.jpg
https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/343456/ Sur Mars, un nuage géant apparaît chaque matin : son secret défie ce que l’on croyait possible #ArsiaMons #ArsiaMonsElongatedCloud #ESA #FormationDesNuages #Mars #MarsExpress #modèle #nuage #NucléationHétérogène #NucléationHomogène #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #Simulation #Suisse #Technologies #Technology #volcan
https://www.europesays.com/fr/1232306/ Au-dessus d’un volcan de Mars haut de 20 km naît chaque matin un nuage de 1 800 km, près de deux fois le Royaume-Uni, qu’aucun modèle n’arrivait à reproduire #ArsiaMons #FR #France #Mars #MarsExpress #MétéorologiePlanétaire #nuages #Push #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #Technologies #Technology
#ESA:
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Mars’s oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought
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"Scientists using the European Space Agency's Mars Express, in combination with a state-of-the-art meteorological model of the Red Planet, have found that there may be some very exotic physics behind Mars’s most curious cloud."
7.10.206
#AMEC #ArsiaMons #Cloud #CNRS #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #OMEGA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #VMC #Wolke
La sonda Mars Express de la ESA descubre remolinos púrpuras, rosas y glaciares en Thyles Rupes, junto al polo sur de Marte.
https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/274946/ Le cratère de « Seul sur Mars » se dévoile dans un voyage saisissant au-dessus de la planète rouge #Astronomie #CaméraHRSc #CentreAérospatialAllemand(DLR) #CratèreMartien #HighResolutionStereoCamera(HRSC) #MarkWatney #Mars #MarsExpress #Schiaparelli #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #SeulSurMars #Suisse #Technologies #Technology
Fly around Schiaparelli Crater on Mars (Virtually)
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/08/Fly_around_Schiaparelli_Crater_with_Mars_Express
https://www.europesays.com/ie/652933/ Spaceship snaps amazing views of crater made famous by ‘The Martian’ #AndyWeir #Éire #FUBerlin #IE #Ireland #MarkWatney #MarsExpress #SchiaparelliCrater #Science #Space #SWNS
https://www.europesays.com/pt/496966/ Mars Express sobrevoa uma das maiores crateras de Marte num impressionante voo em 3D #3d #Astronomia #Ciência #CiênciaETecnologia #CiênciaEtecnologia #esa #Espaço #MarsExpress #marte #Portugal #PT #Schiaparelli #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Technology #Tecnologia
#ESA:
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Metallic waves on ancient Mars
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".. Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.
This month’s snapshot of Mars, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) .."
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Metallic_waves_on_ancient_Mars
15.7.2026
#DLR #FUBerlin #HRSC #KaiserCrater #Krater #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #NoachisTerra #Planetologie #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight
#MarsExpress vu à mon tour sur le #replay de #francetv et c'est tout simplement wow !
J'ai été un peu perdu les premières minutes parce que je trouvais que bcp de visages se ressemblaient mais déjà, une histoire qui prend en compte les lois de la robotique d'Asimov, j'aime et alors visuellement, c'est fluide, c'est beau, je valide !
A sonda Mars Express da ESA registrou dezenas de redemoinhos de poeira em Mamers Valles, uma área com formações geológicas importantes em Marte. Esses fenômenos atmosféricos são comuns no planeta e são essenciais para a dinâmica meteorológica marciana.
🔗 https://omniletters.com/mars-express-redemoinhos-poeira-valles-marineris/
#marsexpress #vallesmarineris #poeiraemmarte #agenciaespacialeuropeia #fenomenosatmosfericos
Dutzende Staubteufel, die nicht leicht zu entdecken sind
Die Sonde „Mars Express“ der ESA hat einen Teil der Mamers Valles auf dem Mars eingefangen: ein faszinierendes Talsystem, das von kurzen, tornadoähnlichen Wirbelstürmen übersät ist, die als Staubteufel bekannt sind. Pressemitteilung ESA. #marsexpress
https://www.raumfahrer.net/dutzende-staubteufel-die-nicht-leicht-zu-entdecken-sind/
Cloudy Mars: Olympus and Tharsis, ESA Mars Express HRSC
Massive 220MP image on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2seL8ss
Credit: ESA/ @DLR / FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY CC BY
2025-08-02
North is down (sorry!)
HR242_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3
Notes: orographic dust cloud over Olympus Mons and a double annular cyclone across Vastitas Borealis near the north polar cap.
Annecy Festival's 'Animated Thrills & Chills' include 'Jim Queen,' 'Edge of Time,' 'Pilgrims' and 'Mars Express.'
#AnnecyFestival #JimQueen #EdgeofTime #Pilgrims #MarsExpress
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/annecy-festival-adds-features-shorts-talks-to-genre-animation-lineup/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/493476/ Ancient Mega-Floods Once Ripped Across Mars and Left This Giant Scar #Éire #EuropeanSpaceAgency #IE #Ireland #Mars #MarsExpress #Science
The #Mars Relay Network (#MRN) is an international constellation of spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet 🔴 that send #science data from surface rovers back to Earth
• #MarsOdyssey ~ 170.4 Mb/day
• #MRO ~ 447.5 Mb/day
• #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ~ 1,562.7 Mb/day
• #MarsExpress - #ESA backup orbiter
https://science.nasa.gov/mars/mars-relay-network/
2021, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out experimental #communication 📶 tests with the Chinese (#CNSA) #Zhurong Mars rover https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/A_one-way_phone_call_at_Mars
Active #Mars 🔴 missions
• #Perseverance 🇺🇸 🛞
• #Curiosity 🇺🇸 🛞
• #Zhurong 🇨🇳 🛞🪫*
• #MarsOdyssey 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶
• #Tianwen1 🇨🇳 🛰️ 📶
• #Hope 🇦🇪 🛰️ 📶
• #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter 🇪🇺🇷🇺 🛰️ 📶
• #MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶
• #MarsExpress 🇪🇺 🛰️ 📶
• #ESCAPADE 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶
• #MAVEN 🇺🇸 🛰️ 🔇 **
*🪫likely too much dust on its solar panels to generate power
** 🔇likely unrecoverable but not yet declared inactive
Active, past, future missions : https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/every-mars-mission
Picture CC BY-NC 3.0 https://www.planetary.org/space-images/the-mars-exploration-family-portrait
Mars - High Altitude Clouds over Terra Cimmeria - ESA Mars Express ❔🪐
#astronomy #clouds #esa #mars #marsexpress #space #terracimmeria
▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_-_High_Altitude_Clouds_over_Terra_Cimmeria_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855274343929%29.jpg
Mars Express Reveals A Chaotic Feature Carved into the Martian Surface By Ancient Waters
Martian chaos created by craters, lava, and water was observed by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #EuropeanSpaceAgency #MarsExpress #Science #ShalbatanaVallis #wateronMars
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/647976/
#DLR:
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Das Chaos von Shalbatana Vallis im Fokus der HRSC-Marskamera
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"Neue Bilder der dt. Stereokamera HRSC zeigen den Mittellauf des Kanals Shalbatana Vallis in der Region Xanthe Terra auf dem Mars.
Das über tausend km lange Tal entwässerte einst mit einem energiereichen Strom das Marshochland und hinterließ dabei sogenannte „chaotische Gebiete“ .."
13.5.2026
#FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #ShalbatanaVallis #SpaceFlight #XantheTerra
https://www.europesays.com/cz/65348/ Na Marsu roste temná skvrna. Nikdo neví, co to je #článek #ESA #Mars #MarsExpress #nedd #RudáPlaneta #Science #Science&Technology #Technika #Technology #Věda #VědaATechnika
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Asche breitet sich über dem Mars aus
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"Wahrnehmbare Veränderungen auf dem Mars brauchen oft Millionen von Jahren, doch die Sonde Mars Express der ESA hat eingefangen, wie sich eine Decke aus dunkler Asche innerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte über den Planeten ausbreitet."
https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Asche_breitet_sich_ueber_dem_Mars_aus
15.4.2026
#Asche #FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Olivin #Planetologie #Pyroxen #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #UtopiaPlanitia #Vulkanismus
https://www.europesays.com/hu/73470/ Hatalmas sötétség terjeszkedik a Marson, nem tudják a pontos okát a kutatók #ESA #EurópaiŰrügynökség #Hungarian #Magyar #mars #MarsExpress #News #Világ #VulkániHamu #World #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/fr/885310/ 320 km en 50 ans : une « ombre » gigantesque s’étend sur Mars et les scientifiques ne savent pas clairement pourquoi #FR #France #Mars #MarsExpress #MissionViking #PhotographiesDeMars #PlanétologieComparée #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #SurfaceDeMars #Technologies #Technology #UtopiaPlanitia #vent #ZoneSombre
Mars orbiter watches mysterious wave of darkness spread across red planet’s surface
Volcanic ash is creeping across the surface of Mars with startling speed. The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Mars…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #EuropeanSpaceAgency #lightanddarkness #MarsExpress #Science #Volcanicash
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/591660/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/441448/ Mars orbiter watches mysterious wave of darkness spread across red planet’s surface #Éire #EuropeanSpaceAgency #IE #Ireland #LightAndDarkness #MarsExpress #Science #Space #VolcanicAsh
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Das „helle Geheimnis“ des Kraters Trouvelot auf dem Mars
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"Neue Bilder der deutschen Stereokamera HRSC zeigen den Krater Trouvelot in der Marsregion Arabia Terra.
Besonders auffällig sind seine terrassenförmigen Wände, dunkle Sanddünen und ein heller Hügel am Kraterboden."
4.3.2026
#ArabiaTerra #FUBerlin #HRSC #Krater #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #Schwefel #Trouvelot
Mars - Promethei Terra - ESA Mars Express 🪐
#astronomy #cloud #esa #mars #marsexpress #space
▶️ 1 new picture from @andrealuck https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_-_Promethei_Terra_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855097672064%29.jpg
Mars Express, una obra maestra aclamada, se volvió invisible. Su lucha por distribución global expone cómo el algoritmo y las métricas comerciales deciden qué contenido merece existir en la era del streaming.
#MarsExpress #Streaming #CulturaAlgoritmica
#DLR:
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Flug um den Flaugergues-Krater auf dem Mars
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"Ein neues Video zeigt einen virtuellen Rundflug um den Mars-Krater „Flaugergues“.
Diese Einschlagstruktur hat einen Durchmesser von 245 Kilometern und befindet sich im südlichen Marshochland. .."
https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/flug-um-den-flaugergues-krater-auf-dem-mars
4.2.2026
#ESA #Flaugergues #FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight
Hoy me he visto #MarsExpress, una #película de #animación francesa del 2023. Es como una mezcla entre Blade Runner y Yo, Robot. Trata temas como el #transhumanismo o #cyberpunk y es de éstas películas que te dejan pensando y tardas un tiempo en digerir. Os la recomiendo muy fuerte si os gusta esa temática.
QT ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int
2026 January 14
The #MarsExpress spacecraft switches off its payloads and suspends all @science.esa.int operations throughout the solar conjunction.
It’s not a complete blackout – the data shared is about a hundredth of its nominal rate.
https://bsky.app/profile/exploration.esa.int/post/3mcez3hag6s22
#UniBE:
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Mars war zur Hälfte bedeckt von einem Ozean
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"Mithilfe von Bildern von Kameras auf Mars-Orbitern entdeckte ein internationales Forschungsteam unter der Leitung der Universität Bern Strukturen auf dem Mars, die grosse Ähnlichkeiten mit klassischen Flussdeltas auf der Erde aufweisen. .."
12.1.2026
#CaSSIS #Delta #ExoMarxTGO #Geologie #H2O #INAF #Mars #MarsExpress #MRO #Planetologie #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #TGO #VallesMarineris #Wasser
Sandgestrahltes auf dem Mars
Marswinde können erhebliche Auswirkungen haben. Die Sonde Mars Express der ESA hat beobachtet, wie sie Sandkörner aufwirbeln und wie ein kosmischer Sandstrahler wirken, der faszinierende Rillen in der Nähe des Marsäquators hinterlässt. Pressemitteilung ESA. #marsexpress
https://www.raumfahrer.net/sandgestrahltes-auf-dem-mars/
This is what it would look like to fly over the Martian North Pole aboard the ESA Mars Express orbiter.
This sequence of 117 images was captured by the VMC camera on June 14th, 2019 over the course of 3 hours and is played a 1200x speed.
Credit: ESA/Simeon Schmauß
Stunning Photos Capture Martian Moon Hovering Above the Red Planet’s Surface https://petapixel.com/2026/01/02/stunning-photos-capture-martian-moon-hovering-above-the-red-planets-surface/ #europeanspaceagency #vallesmarineris #marsexpress #redplanet #phobos #Space #News #mars
Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/.
“Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP
Download full size 300MP here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/sizes/o/ See license below
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
Mission: ESA Mars Express
Image created processing data from: psa.esa.intNorth is approx on the top right side
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 27083
Date: 2025-06-17
Raw Data:
HR083_0000_ND3
HR083_0000_GR3
HR083_0000_BL3Notes: Phobos is at its original location as seen in the ND filter image HR083_0000_ND3, because it shifted during the different exposure times in the other filters.
Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en”
Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/.
“Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP
Download full size 300MP here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/sizes/o/ See license below
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
Mission: ESA Mars Express
Image created processing data from: psa.esa.intNorth is approx on the top right side
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 27083
Date: 2025-06-17
Raw Data:
HR083_0000_ND3
HR083_0000_GR3
HR083_0000_BL3Notes: Phobos is at its original location as seen in the ND filter image HR083_0000_ND3, because it shifted during the different exposure times in the other filters.
Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en”
New capture of the Arsia Mons orographic cloud by #MarsExpress VMC cam. Courtesy of @Landru79 on bsky (https://bsky.app/profile/landru79.bsky.social/post/3ma777iksps25)
2024-05-31 MEX MARS VMC CALIBRATED DATA EXT9 V1.0
PRODUCER: ELENI RAVANIS AND JORGE HERNANDEZ-BERNAL
ESA - European Space Agency, / j. Roger
Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet
https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/mars-orbiter-sees-butterfly-crater-spread-its-wings-on-the-red-planet
#space #mars #esa #marsExpress
German/French TV station #ARTE has an interesting mini series about the history and rivalry of 3 major economic centers: Amsterdam, London, New York.
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/069809-001-A/1585-1650-the-golden-age/
I loved the 3D maps and watercolor animations. According to the credits #VFX were done by French studio Mac Guff (macguff.com) and a company called Beau et Bien Habillés. Since that basically means "well-dressed" it's hard to find them on the internet. Their portfolio seems to be at bebh.fr. They worked on #MarsExpress!
Show Yourselves Martians! – Pavel Klushantsev
ANNOTATION
This book provides an overview of the mysteries and explorations of Mars. The Red Planet has fascinated humanity since antiquity. The invention of the telescope only deepened its enigmas, particularly with the discovery of the so-called ‘canals.’ This led to the idea of Martians living on the planet in science fiction. But is there really life on Mars? Do Martians exist? What are the canals? To answer questions like these space probes from the USSR and USA started the exploration of Mars in the 1960s. Going to Mars is not straightforward and reaching Mars is an engineering and technological feat. Ever since then we have continued our explorations of the Red Planet. We now have sophisticated rovers on the surface of Mars and orbiters in orbit around Mars. In the last few decades our knowledge of Mars has improved in leaps and bounds with new discoveries shedding more and more light on the mysterious planets past and future. This volume presents an outline of these explorations, a journey that continues to advance the bounds of human knowledge with hopes that one day humans will inhabit Mars.
Drawings by V. Korolkov
Translated from the Spanish and Typset in Scribus by Damitr Mazanav
Released on the web by The Mir Titles Project in 2025
This work is an Open Educational Resource (OER)
Creative Commons BY Share Alike 4.0 License
You can get the book here and here
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Translators Note
One of the first books that I remember reading was All About the Telescope by Pavel Klushantsev translated to Marathi. The book got me fascinated about science in general and astronomy in particular.
So, when I saw this book by Klushantsev on Mars only available in Spanish, I could not resist from translating it. Though I started the work on this some years back, it was never completed for various reasons. One of them being the complex nature of typsetting in the book. So for this book I have used Scribus for typsetting and the results have been pleasing.
Since the book was written, our knowledge about Mars has increased by leaps and bounds. I have added an additional chapter in the book that summarises the various spacecraft since the 1990s that have taken our knowledge of Mars to the next level. The Martian surface has been revelead unprecendented detail with numerous rovers and orbiters around it. The attribution of images in the last section is provided with the images.
We now have active rovers on the surface of Mars and orbiters around it sending us vital information about the Red Planet. All this with hopes that humans would one day land there. It is to those future astronauts this translation and additional sections are dedicated.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
THAT LITTLE STAR IS MARS! 1
THE MYSTERIES OF MARS 14
WHERE CAN YOU LIVE 22
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA OF MARS 32
WE MUST SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF “CANALS” 41
DO MARTIANS EXIST? 46
TRACES OF MARTIANS 56
ARE THE MARTIANS OUR ENEMIES 67
ARE MARTIANS OUR FRIENDS? 77
WE MUST FLY TO MARS 87
IS IT DIFFICULT TO REACH MARS 97
WHAT DID THE SPACE PROBES SEE FROM THEIR ORBIT 117
WATER! 129
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS 136
IN THE FUTURE 152
FROM UNCERTAINTY TO DISCOVERY: MARS SINCE THE 1990s – Damitr Mazanav 163
#Ccbysa #Oer #ingenuity #ISRO #mangalyaan #marsExploration #marsExplorer #marsExpress #marsMission #marsProbes #martianProbes #mirTitlesProject #NASA #perseverance #sovietLiterature #spaceExploration #spaceTravel #ussr #viking
Me acabo de ver Mars Express en Filmin y es *una movida*. Recomiendo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8yYUsqbiM
#MarsExpress #UnaMovida #Animacion #Animation #SacreBleuOLaLaMagnifique
ESA'dan Mars üzerinde sanal uçuş videosu! 🚀 Mars Express verileriyle hazırlanan bu büyüleyici görüntüler, Kızıl Gezegen'i hiç bu kadar detaylı görmediğinizi hissettirecek. Uzay keşiflerinde yeni bir pencere açılıyor!
#UniBE:
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Rasende Winde auf dem Mars
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"Auf dem Mars erreichen Staubteufel und Winde Geschwindigkeiten von bis zu 160 km/h und sind damit schneller als bisher angenommen: Dies zeigt eine Untersuchung eines internationalen Forschungsteams unter der Leitung der Universität Bern. .."
8.10.2025
#Bern #CaSSIS #ESA #Exomars #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #Staub #Staubteufel #TGO #Wind
Die rätselhafte Marswolke
Auf Bildern einer uralten und mäßig guten Kamera entdeckt der spanische Forscher Jorge Hernández Bernal im Jahr 2018 eine gewaltige Wolke auf dem Mars, die bisher niemandem aufgefallen zu sein schien. Die Kamera befindet sich an Bord der betagten Raumsonde Mars Express der ESA. Und eigentlich werden deren Aufnahmen nur verwendet, um für der Öffentlichkeit ein tägliches Bild vom Mars zu liefern. Wissenschaftliche Forschung ist damit nicht geplant. Karl erzählt im Podcast, wie das Bild der Wolke ihn auf einer Konferenz in Beschlag nahm und wie er mit dem Entdecker ins Gespräch kommt. In der Geschichte geht es um Vulkane auf dem Mars, die wie alles auf dem Roten Planeten riesenhaft und für Erdenbewohner kaum zu fassen sind und die noch immer für eine Überraschung gut sind.
Ewig lockt das Marsleben – die Anfänge
Der Mars fasziniert die Menschen seit Jahrhunderten. Lange Zeit waren die sogar überzeugt, dass hier (wie auch auf anderen Welten) Leben existieren müsste. Mittlerweile hat sich das geändert: Forscher hoffen, dass sich Leben in extremen Nischen gehalten hat - wenn es überhaupt jemals dort war.https://astrogeo.de/ag021-ewig-lockt-das-marsleben-die-anfaenge/
