Central nebulae in the Milky Way

The research instrument worlds most powerful recorded this fabulous view of the sky in one shot. The scene, looking near Sagittarius, covers an area of ​​approximately 3 degrees of curve or six times the diameter of the lunar disk.

The Lagoon Nebula (M8), Trifid Nebula (M20) and NGC 6559 (pictured at right) are, respectively, in the bottom of the scene, top right and bottom left. All of them are embedded in dusty fields and filled with stars of the Milky Way center.

Found a rock on Mars with terrestrial features

CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - When scientists selected a stone to test the laser robot on Mars Curiosity, expected to enclose the same raw materials as the stones found in other areas of the Red Planet, but in its place realized that it was more similar to rocks found on Earth.

The stone was chemically more like an unusual rock type found on oceanic islands like Hawaii and Santa Elena, and in continental areas with cracks as the Rio Grande, which stretches from Colorado to Chihuahua, Mexico.

The first landing on Titan was movidito

On January 14, 2005 was a historic day. The European probe Huygens became the first human relic to land on one of the world’s most charming solar system: Titan. Seven years after the ESA scientists have renovate the sequence of impact with the surface using computer models and simulations with real models, finding that it was a bit rougher than expected.