The DART spacecraft crashes into asteroid to change its trajectory After 10 months of space travel, the DART probe hit its target by dropping more than 20.000 km/h in the asteroid Dimorphos located about 11 million kilometers from Earth. The purpose of the mission was to deflect the orbit of the asteroid in order to protect us from an asteroid heading towards our planet. The images were captured by the probe before impact with the approximately 160-meter-diameter asteroid. It will take a few weeks for scientists to confirm that the asteroid has indeed deviated from its orbit.
Global warming from 1880 to 2021 A spiral animation, showing us global warming between 1880 and 2021, based on data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). White and blue indicate lower temperatures, while orange and red have higher temperatures.
After a concert to save the planet… After the end of the big concert Global Citizen Live in New York with the slogan "Defend the planet, defeat poverty", spectators left their own message on the grass of Central Park.
Doomed planet A fire recently broke out at the largest tire dump in the world in the city of Sulaibiya in Kuwait, which is also visible from satellites. In the tire cemetery, It is estimated that there are over 7 million tires.
A Tesla autopilot confuses the moon with a traffic light The driver of a Tesla car, recorded on video the moment the autopilot of his vehicle was passing in front of the bright yellow light of the full moon. The vehicle's computer thought the moon was an orange traffic light, and began to slow down.
The first helicopter flight to Mars On Tuesday, April 19, 2021, the Ingenuity, the small NASA helicopter, flew briefly to Mars and became the first motorboat to fly to another planet. The small weight helicopter 1,8 kilos hovered at an altitude of about three meters and then landed again on the surface of Mars. He also sent a black and white photo he took, pointing to his shadow on the ground.
The landing of Perseverance Rover on Mars Amazing images that arrived on Earth on February 22, show video for the first time during a space mission to Mars. Cameras on the Perseverance Rover recorded for the first time a landing on the red planet from different angles, something for which until now we could only see photos.
Nomination for the 2032 Summer Olympics from the coldest city in Finland The Salla, the coldest city in Finland with the thermometer reaching -40 ° C quite often in winter, posted a video in which she presents her fake candidacy for the 2032 Summer Olympics. Save Salla has launched this awareness campaign, to warn of global warming and highlight the region's particular vulnerability.
How fast is light in space; The James O'Donoghue, scientist in the space agency JAXA Japan, created another very interesting video that shows the speed of light on a large scale, between planets in space.
Meanwhile, on the planet Mars… A video created by pasting a panoramic photo and sound recorded by Curiosity Rover, during his stay on the planet Mars.
Fucking Jupiter is owning us!