09 October 2019
The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully
.... The two craft are destined to meet sometime in late January, but the MEV will undergo a little bit of testing first to demonstrate the capabilities of the combined stack. Before it can go on to dock with the ailing satellite...
22 January 2020
2.2 billion year old impact crater is confirmed as Earth's oldest
... familiar central section of the crater which lifts up after impact. “The landscape is barren, but not empty. Bits of rocks exposed near the centre of the formerly giant crater hold the microscopic clues to the past...
09 March 2020
Organic molecules found on Mars could be consistent with early life, says study
... you would think they are biological, but on Mars, of course, the bar to prove that has to be quite a bit higher.” If bacteria is the cause, then it is possible it existed more than three billion years ago when Mars...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... throughout or a dense core formed is not certain, but at some point a catastrophic collision with another object smashed bits off the parent body. These re-accreted with mainly porous boulders to create a rubble-piled, top-shaped...
