... Alien Life . ... During a mission planned to last a Martian year (nearly two of our years) after landing , Curiosity will use its instruments to investigate whether this area of Mars has ever enjoyed conditions suitable for life , especially the presence of liquid water.Lower layers of Aeolis Mons could reveal there was once a lake within Gale Crater long ago.But this is just the beginning of what ... Methane Not Detected by Curiosity Rover Does Not Rule Out Life on Mars . ... Astronotes...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Apollo 16: Exploring Plum Crater . ... 19.03.2000 . ... Credit: John W. Young, Apollo 16 Crew , NASA Explanation: Apollo 16 spent three days on Earth's Moon in April 1972. The fifth lunar landing mission out of six, Apollo 16 was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory , and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands . ... Publications with keywords: crater - apollo program - Apollo 16 - Moon . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 June 19 . Milky Way Over Crater Lake with Airglow . ... Finally, the bright arch across the image is the central band of the Milky Way, much further away, on the average, than the nearby stars, and shaped mostly by gravity . Contrary to appearances, the Milky Way band glows by itself and is not illuminated by the airglow. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... It is from from Voyager 1 and shows a whopping big impact crater dominating the profile of the moon. Note that Mimas is about 400 kilometers across (about 250 miles). ... The wall around the crater is 5 kilometers high, and that central peak rises 6 kilometers above the surface (many impact craters have a large central peak which is caused by a pressure rebound from the impact). ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 38, October 27-29, 2003, Moscow, Russia . ... Michael G. G., European Space Agency, Research and Scientific Support Department, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, greg.michael@esa.int . ... 2Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, greg.michael@esa.int . ... Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 40, 2004, Moscow, Russia . ... Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 42, October 10-12, 2005, Moscow, Russia . ...