Just this week, our innermost planet got its moment of glory, when it executed a rare transit, passing in front of the sun in just the right alignment so people on Earth could view it. It won't transit again until 2032. Only two spacecraft have ever visited l'il Mercury: Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975 and NASA's Messenger mission which orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015 when it was deorbited and crashed into the surface.
While you wait for the next Mercury transit, take a look at the rest of the collection of space photos here .
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Planetary Astronomy-Understanding the Origin of the Solar System
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There is a vibrant and effective planetary science community in Canada. We do research in the areas of meteoritics, asteroid and trans-Neptunian object orbits and compositions, and space weather, and are involved in space probe missions to study planetary surfaces and interiors. For Canadian planetary scientists to deliver the highest scientific impact possible, we have several recommendations.
‘Look At All These Women’: Solar Panel Installation Encourages Women In Technical
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – More than 100 women from around the country got a look at the rapidly growing clean energy industry. On Friday and Saturday, teams of all-woman volunteers installed solar panels on the roof of a soon-to-be opened apartment building near 14th and Clay in Lakewood.
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The project, which included installing a 40-kilowatt solar system, was all part of GRID Alternatives Colorado’s’ 4th annual We Build Installation. The event is part of GRID’s Women in Solar program, which aims to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive solar industry by providing pathways to technical careers for women.
A faux Saturn moon Titan on Earth could solve solar system mystery | Fox News
Saturn's moon Titan has a unique surface that's hard to see through its nitrogen-rich atmosphere. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
Big, schmancy compounds keep popping up all over the solar system , and new research may help clear up confusion about how they form in so many places.
"These dunes are pretty large," study senior author Ralf Kaiser, a chemist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, told Space.com, nearly as tall as the Great Pyramid in Egypt, he added. "If you want to understand the carbon and hydrocarbon cycle and the processes of hydrocarbons on Titan, it's really important to understand, of course, where the dominant source of carbon comes from."
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Want To Go Solar In Kansas City? Here Are 5 Things You Need To Consider | KCUR
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KCUR's Kyle Palmer provides a handy fact sheet when it comes to "going solar" at your house.
Residents in the Kansas City metro are increasingly choosing to power their homes with rooftop solar panels. It's a choice spurred by both the promise of lower monthly energy bills and concern for the environment. But barriers to "going solar" remain, especially for low- and middle-income households.
NASA Has Detected Weird Orbital Movement From Two of Neptune's Moons
The two moons in question are Naiad and Thalassa , both around 100 kilometres or 62 miles wide, which race around their planet in what NASA researchers are calling a "dance of avoidance".
"We refer to this repeating pattern as a resonance," says physicist Marina Brozovic , from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "There are many different types of dances that planets, moons and asteroids can follow, but this one has never been seen before."
The two small moons' orbits are only around 1,850 kilometres (1,150 miles) apart, but they are perfectly timed and choreographed to keep avoiding each other. Naiad takes seven hours to circle Neptune, while Thalassa takes seven and a half on the outside track.
Alabama Power fees on solar challenged | Alabama | fox10tv.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — When Jim Bankston installed solar panels on his Tuscaloosa home, he estimated it would trim his electricity bill, and the savings would eventually offset the cost of the hefty investment.
After it was running, he noticed fees on his Alabama Power bill that he didn't understand and learned there was a $5-per-kilowatt capacity charge on customers who use solar panels to produce a portion of their own electricity.
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The Alabama Public Service Commission will hold a Nov. 21 hearing on a challenge to the fees charged by Alabama Power. The utility says the fees are needed to provide backup power for customers. But critics say the fees are some of the highest in the nation and make it harder for people to use alternative energy sources.
The 9-year journey to explore each of EVE Online's 7,805 solar systems | PC Gamer
Earlier this year, Katia Sae quietly made history (and earned a Guinness World Record ) when they became the first player to visit every single one of EVE Online's 7,805 solar systems. It's a monumental quest that took over nine years to complete with the help of hundreds of other explorers, a proprietary AI database tool named Allison, and unfathomable persistence. And Sae did it all without losing a single ship.
Ethan Richards, the actual person behind the Katia Sae character, is far from the first player to have the wild idea to visit every solar system in EVE. Others had toured "known space" before—the static systems that make up the virtual galaxy of New Eden—but those pilots typically raced from one to the next and lost plenty of ships along the way.
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