UP14. Is Paradise on Earth 2050 possible?

Today I am particularly addressing the 25(+/-10) year olds who have a chance to still be around in the full bloom of their lives in 2050. I claim that you have more reasons for optimism than for pessimism. Let us try to imagine your future together. I would go so far...

SO5. Callisto – the oldest primordial planet in the Solar System

On the website of the Institute of Planetary Research of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) we read: "JUICE is an ESA mission that was selected in 2012 as the first L-class mission (L stands for 'large') within the Cosmic Vision programme. The aim is to explore...

SO6. The Sun dances around Venus

In our first observation suggestion we learned that within 247 years the Sun makes an apparent full circle around Venus. In reality, this is only a slow shift in perspective in which we can observe from Earth the relative positions of the Sun and Venus to each other,...

BV6. Die Sonne tanzt um die Venus

In unserem ersten Beobachtungsvorschlag haben wir erfahren, dass binnen 247 Jahren die Sonne einen scheinbaren vollen Kreis um die Venus macht. In Wirklichkeit ist das nur eine langsame Verschiebung der Perspektive in der wir von der Erde aus die relativen Positionen...