UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light years away.

Discovery: Nearby star hosts closest alien planet in the “habitable zone” - UNSW Science for society
https://www.science.unsw.edu.au/...iscovery-nearby-star-hosts-closest-alien-planet-in-habitable-zone

Kdo kde teď parkuje:



Greeting the new guys! | International Space Station
Scott: "Great to greet the new guys on Space Station yesterday. First full day with our full crew aboard!"

Principia live / Principia / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Principia/Principia_live

XCHAOS:
Moment when Tim Peake & Soyuz rocket blasted off to ISS - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc6msv9u6AE


Tim Peake live: UK astronaut heads for space station - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-34985274

The Royal Astronomical Society offers its congratulations to Tim Peake, the first official UK ESA astronaut,
after his successful launch into space today (15 December), en route to the International Space Station.
Congratulations Tim Peake!
http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2750-congratulations-tim-peake

bílé fleky na Cereře jsou prý síran hořečnatý (via kosmo.cz)
Brine Deposits Are The Source of Ceres' Bright Spots - SpaceRef
http://spaceref.com/ceres/brine-deposits-are-the-source-of-ceres-bright-spots.html

XCHAOS: tady je to v kontextu:



vyssi rozliseni: http://www.db-prods.net/marsroversimages/Curiosity/2015/Sol1190_Mastcam100_m.jpg

jak jsem ted zjistil, ve skutecnosti je na te puvodni fotce jedna (vyssi?) duna, ty vlnky nejsou vlastne duny. viz:

Sand Waves in the Desert | The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2014/0219-sand-waves-in-the-desert.html

ISRU experiment na ExoMars landeru už v roce 2018
Swedish Mars instrument selected by ESA
http://phys.org/news/2015-12-swedish-mars-instrument-esa.html

XCHAOS: mrkni na přiložený odkaz je to tam pekně videt + stín nám pomůže. Dole je dole (:

OSIRIS images in Archive Image Browser | Rosetta - ESA's comet chaser
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/12/14/osiris-images-in-archive-image-browser/

The Rosetta Downlink and Archive group is pleased to announce the release of Rosetta OSIRIS images from both the wide- and narrow-angle cameras (WAC and NAC, respectively) to the Archive Image Browser and to the Planetary Science Archive. The images cover the period 20 June 2014 – 16 September 2014, corresponding to Rosetta’s approach to the comet, arrival, and insertion into orbit.

Credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA / Daniel Macháček.

Curiosity Sol 1190
http://www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/01190.html

Našli další planetu ve vnějších končinách Sluneční soustavy? | Exoplanety.cz
http://www.exoplanety.cz/2015/12/13/nasli-dalsi-planetu-ve-vnejsich-koncinach-slunecni-soustavy/

Světovými médii prošla zpráva o možném objevu planety či dokonce hnědého trpaslíka ve vnějších částech Sluneční soustavy. Jak je to doopravdy?