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Space Exploration Thread
The Chronicler:
We know about the possibility of finding life on Mars, Jupiter's moon Europa, or Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus. There's even been educated suggestions of life being possible under the ices of Pluto or even in the less intense upper atmosphere of Venus. But now, perhaps one of the most astonishing possible places to find life in the Solar System could be on Mercury under glaciers made of salt.
https://www.space.com/mercury-salt-glaciers-habitability
The Chronicler:
https://www.space.com/uranus-neptune-similar-shades-of-blue-voyager-2-images
Uranus and Neptune are actually the same shade of blue-green. Apparently, the images that Voyager 2 had sent back in 1989 were artificially enhanced to make Neptune much more blue than would look in true visible light. In addition, it seems that Uranus turns more blue during the equinoxes and more green during the solstices, which might explain why the Voyager 2 images of that planet from 1986 are more green while some of the more recent images by telescopes appear more blue.
The Chronicler:
NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter and its moon Europa was scheduled for launch on October 10, but with the intense hurricane expected to pass through Florida this week, that launch has now been postponed indefinitely. Hopefully, they'll be able to reschedule it soon enough to not miss the planetary alignment that would allow that space probe to reach Jupiter by 2030. The good news is that they've got the probe and rocket secured inside the hangar, and the launch window is good until November 6.
Sporeguy97:
dang i was looking forward for it to launch this month but you can't control the weather, also i'm glad there is space thread on here :chomper
The Chronicler:
Well, good news. The launch was successfully done earlier this week on Monday, so Europa Clipper is now on its way to Jupiter, using gravity assists from Mars and Earth along the way.
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