Win Opportunity To Pitch Their Ideas To Panel Of Space Experts
With NASA planning to send the first crew to Mars in the 2030s, today's students will grow up to create the spacecraft and science to get them there. Middle school students in California and New Jersey have already begun, winning a national Lockheed Martin video challenge competition to design the living quarters for astronauts' six-month journey to the red planet.
Has Dayside Temperatures In Excess Of 7,800 Degrees Fahrenheit
A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot, it’s being vaporized by its own star. With a dayside temperature of more than 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit, KELT-9b is a planet that is hotter than most stars. But its blue A-type star, called KELT-9, is even hotter -- in fact, it is probably unraveling the planet through evaporation.
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