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Don't Miss the Meteor Showers Tonight! 😎

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight — here’s what to expect from one of the best shooting star shows of the year Up to 150 shooting stars may brighten the night sky each hour during the Dec. 13 peak.

🚀 Breaking the bounds of our solar system!
Astronomers have identified A/1I3pi-Z, a rare interstellar object speeding through space — only the third ever seen. What secrets does it carry from distant stars? 🌌🪐

Third Interstellar Object, Comet 3I/ATLAS, Is Traveling Through Solar System 3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.

🚀💥 SCHORCHIO!!!!

BepiColombo is set to arrive at Mercury by the end of the year!
After a 7-year cosmic road trip, this mission is finally reaching the solar system’s scorched innermost planet.
Get ready for stunning science and never-before-seen views of Mercury! 🪐🔥



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: BepiColombo Surveys Mercury

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission captured this beautiful view of Mercury’s rich geological landscape on 23 June 2022 as the spacecraft flew past the planet for a gravity assist manoeuvre.

Parts of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter can also be seen, notably the magnetometer boom running from bottom left to top right, and a small part of the medium-gain antenna at bottom right. The magnetometer boom roughly follows the ‘terminator’– the boundary between the night and day side of the planet.

This image's lighting conditions differ from those recorded by NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury for this region, enhancing the differences between smooth terrains and older rough terrains. Large impact craters, including a 200 km wide multi-ringed basin partly hidden by the magnetometer boom, can also clearly be made out, along with other geological features.

Credit: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM

https://www.planetary.org/articles/your-guide-meteor-shower

The Perseid meteor shower 2024: How to watch Here's everything you need to know about the annual Perseid meteor shower and how to watch it.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-scientists-find-intriguing-mars-rock

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed.