Every morning during the warmer months in the southern part of the Red Planet, an exceptionally long cloud appears over a Martian volcano. The cloud of water ice, which appears close to the Arsia Mons volcano, stretches out over a thousand kilometers before dissipating within hours of forming.
Oddly enough, the Arsia Mons is the only volcano in that area that possesses such an unusual cloud on a daily basis. And now, based on observations conducted by the Visual Monitoring Camera (also known as VMC and the “Mars Webcam”) on ESA’s Mars Express, researchers have been able to solve the mystery of the unusually long cloud.
UK Space Agency will pay a new CEO £125,000 to run non-existent space programme
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Richard Speed Thu 11 Mar 2021 // 10:29 UTC Share
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In brief Fancy a career change? Be quick, and the chief exec s desk at the UK Space Agency could be yours. The permanent full-time position with a salary of £125,000 is likely to be challenging as the UK seeks to maintain its position as a space-based international leader in the wake of ructions such as the country s departure from the EU.
The agency is a tentacle of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the successful applicant will have a proven ability to handle an intellectually challenging agenda that is high on the Prime Minister s list of priorities.