Google Maps now covers our solar system

Google Maps now covers our solar system

Google Maps released a new feature called Planets, which allows user to zoom out of Earth and navigate through different planets in the universe. Oct 20, 2017
NASAs ICON satellite to study ionosphere, space weather

NASAs ICON satellite to study ionosphere, space weather

NASA plans to launch a new satellite, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, on 8 December. Orbiting above the upper atmosphere, through the bottom edge of near-Earth space, ICON will observes both the upper atmosphere and a layer of charged particles called the ionosphere, which extends from about 50 to 360 miles above the surface of Earth. ICON will observe how interactions between Earths weather and the ionosphere create bright swaths of color in the sky, known as airglow, as well as other changes in the space environment. Oct 19, 2017