A new study based on data from the final orbits last year of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the rings of Saturn — some of the most visually stupendous objects in …read more Source:: Science
Tag: upper atmosphere
Pulse of the polar vortex revealed: A key to mapping future storms
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If you can predict the path of the jet stream, the upper atmosphere’s undulating river of wind, then you can predict weather — not just for a week or two, …read more Source:: Science
Experiments trace interstellar dust back to solar system’s formation
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Experiments have helped to confirm that samples of interplanetary particles — collected from Earth’s upper atmosphere and believed to originate from comets — contain dust leftover from the initial formation …read more Source:: Science
MAVEN’s top 10 discoveries at Mars
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Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in September 2014, MAVEN has been exploring the upper atmosphere of Mars. MAVEN is bringing insight to how the sun …read more Source:: Science