This month will be interesting for space exploration. 3 probes from different countries will be on Mars. Each one of the missions is described in this post.
Category: Geology
Carbon-14 for dating (Part 2)
In this part, are explained the methods to measure the quantity of carbon-14 in organic material, allowing to determine a fossil’s age.
Carbon 14 for dating (Part 1)
This post’s subject is carbon 14. A radioactive isotope which allows determining the age of an artifact or living being from thousand of years ago.
The Chang’e 5 mission
China’s Chang’e 5 mission extracted samples from the Moon and it’s bringing to Earth. The last mission of this nature was USSR’s Luna 24, in 1974.
Drones sent to volcanoes
Scientists started to use drones to fly very close to volcanoes, collect gases, and predict eruptions for early warning.
Lost tectonic plate found
In the Pacific Ocean, next to North America, was discovered a tectonic plate, which many geophysicists didn’t believe in its existence.
NASA’s mission Mars 2020
NASA’s mission Mars 2020, launched yesterday, promises to bring samples from Mars to Earth with Perseverance rover. To find out if existed life.
What are speleothems?
Speleothems are rock formations inside caves, the most known are stalactites and stalagmites. These and other formations are shown in this post.
Discovery by Chang’e 4
Do you remember the news about Chinese spacecraft in the dark side of moon? This mission discovered something about lunar surface.
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla (Part 2)
This is the second post of series about the Technical Museum Nikola Tesla. To see the first post, click in following button.