Tag: Moons
Jupiter: 12 new moons for the gas giant planet!
JUPITER. With a total of 92 known moons, Jupiter passes Saturn again. In this race for satellites, twelve additional objects are added to the long list of Jovian moons. Summary…
How many moons could Earth have at most?
The Earth’s sky is lit by a single natural satellite, the Moon. This has been the case for 4.5 billion years and this should, a priori, not change. But let’s…
A multitude of potentially habitable moons
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Direct observation of the formation of an exomoon The giant Alma radio telescope has taken the first direct image of a moon forming…
The significant potential of the Moon’s soil
The chemical compounds found in the soil of the Moon would allow the conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen and fuel. It is the finding of a team of scientists…
What’s inside the moons and planets of the Solar System?
” There are those who will be disappointed if no life is found on other planets. Not me — I want to be thrilled and surprised once again, through interplanetary…
With Juice, the European Space Agency is preparing to explore the moons of Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system will be the object of a European space mission next year. Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – Juice – will aim to study the…
Visit to the Juice space probe which will explore the icy moons of Jupiter
Under the Sun Toulouse on this beautiful and cool day of April 5, 2022, our guides from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Space welcome us and prepare us…
We visited the Juice space probe which will explore Jupiter’s icy moons
Under the Sun Toulouse on this beautiful and cool day of April 5, 2022, our guides from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Space welcome us and prepare us…
Not all planets can give rise to large moons
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Direct observation of the formation of an exomoon The giant Alma radio telescope has taken the first direct image of a moon forming…
A new model of the crystallization of the Moon’s magma ocean
Rocks from the Apollo missions have provided information about the history of the Moon and the formation of its crust and mantle. But more recent mineralogical data, notably from space…