ESA in Mars, Nanopoles & 4 New Names In The Periodic Table

On 19th October 2016; [tomorrow], the ESA will touch down in Mars. In a span of less than 6 minutes, the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli module will enter the Martian atmosphere, deploy its parachutes, fire its thrusters and land on the surface of the Red Planet. Check out the facebook page: 'Space.com' for the video simulation.

The physics hot topic for October: magnetic nanopoles. Check out 'Physics Today' and other standard model journals for the features.

In chemistry, big news: THE NEWEST ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE HAVE BEEN NAMED >Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine, Oganesson. Check out the article at www.sciencenewsforstudents.org

courtesy: E.OTWELL

Asgardia: The New Space Nation

Setshwantsho go tswa Business Insider: se tserwe ka 17/10/16

A consortium of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and legal experts has announced plans to create the first ever nation in space. The new nation will be called Asgardia - after Asgard, one of the Nine Worlds of the ancient gods ruled over by Odin in Norse mythology - and will be independent of any current nation state on Earth. Asgardia will be built on a satellite, which will be launched into orbit in the Autumn of 2017 - 60 years after the launch of the first ever satellite, Sputnik. It will have its own legal framework, flag and other symbols of nationhood, representing a new era in the "Space Age". "Asgardia is a fully-fledged and independent nation, and a future member of the United Nations - with all the attributes this status entails," said Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, chairman of UNESCO’s Science of Space Committee and founder of the Aerospace International Research Centre in Vienna, who is leading the project. "The essence of Asgardia is peace in space, and the prevention of Earth’s conflicts being transferred into space." {standardmedia [Kenya] }
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000219897