Question

What is the purpose of the US Space Agency’s Themis Mission, which was recently in the news? 

 (a) To study the possibility of life on Mars 

(b) To study the satellites of Saturn 

(c) To study the colourful of display of high latitude skies 

(d) To build a space laboratory to study the stellar explosions

Answer 1

(c) The Themis mission, comprising five identical probes, aims to gain new insights into the colourful displays in high-latitude skies. 

In particular, scientists want to understand what triggers a sudden brightening of the lights. A US space agency (NASA) has blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.