Jupiter’s moon Io rises just off the horizon of the gas giant planet in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. This color-enhanced image was taken at 2:26 p.m. PDT (5:56 p.m. EDT) on Oct…. Read more“Io Rising”
Month: November 2018
NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover
On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water. Here in Jezero Crater delta, sediments contain clays and carbonates. The image… Read more“NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover”