Tag: atlas
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actual race to mars could begin saturday
from foxnews: It’s a grueling marathon, only this time the finish line is the Red Planet — and the race takes place at 70,000 miles per hour. NASA’s newest Mars rover is scheduled for launch Saturday; Curiosity should arrive at the Red Planet’s mineral-rich Gale Crater next August, after a 354-million-mile, 8.5-month voyage aboard an…
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Infoporn: Exoplanet Atlas
There’s an interesting exoplanet gallery, a possible first to chart known exoplanets at www.wired.co.uk. It’s interesting eye-candy but definitely for astro-geeks.