Tag: March
Perseverance rolls over igneous rocks and discovered organic matter
Astronomers believed them to be sedimentary, but new data returned to Earth by the NASA Perseverance rover shows that the rocks it has been rolling on since arriving on Mars…
Fall of the USSR: on March 11, 1990, Lithuania declares its independence
In December 1991, Lithuania had already left de facto of the USSR. On March 11, 1990, the Supreme Soviet dominated by Sajudis unanimously declared independence. Margarita Seselgyte is then a…
Thousands of Poles march to save media independence
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Warsaw and in more than 120 cities in Poland on Sunday December 19. They were protesting against the adoption on Friday of…
march in Dakar against violence against women and children
The Senegalese capital hosted this Sunday, December 19 a peaceful march at the initiative of the White March of Women movement. This growing movement is mobilizing against violence against women…
Strange interactions with solar winds detected on a Mars moon
The Mars Express probe, orbiting the Red Planet since 2003, observed the reflection of charged particles contained in solar winds during two flyovers of the moon Phobos. The European Space…
Seis seismometer: what is it?
Seis is the name of on-board seismometer aboard Nasa’s Lander InSight, the first mission dedicated to the internal study of Mars. InSight landed on Mars on November 26, 2018, and…
8 amazing things about snow
We curse her when she makes it difficult for us to move around. But we love it when it draws a big smile on our children’s faces or when it…
Mars: chatting between the Mars Express probe and the Chinese rover Zhurong
A first communication and data transfer test was successfully carried out between the Chinese rover on the surface of Mars and the ESA Mars Express probe in orbit. You will…
When the winds of Mars allow you to know your subsoil
The InSight mission was sent to Mars in 2018 with a very specific objective: to probe the interior of the Red Planet. And as surprising as it may seem, it…
March: the beauty of this landscape amazed the Curiosity team
We never tire of the spectacle of Mars. Thousands of kilometers from Perseverance, the rover Curiosity has sent the team that takes care of him on Earth a magnificent “postcard”.…