25 January 2017
"Extinct" meteorite challenges our understanding of how the solar system formed
... "extinct" because it’s unusual mineralogy, which is different from all known groups of meteorites, points to an origin from a celestial body that was destroyed a very, very long time ago. In addition to this intriguing discovery, research has also...
13 March 2017
Europa Clipper: the official name of NASA's mission to Europa
One of the most intriguing missions to a celestial body in our Solar System, is one that will study whether the salty liquid water under Europa’s icy ...
17 April 2017
April 19th to be an exciting day for stargazers as an asteroid and a comet pass close to Earth
... earth. Although smaller asteroids fly by our planet almost every day, the last time such a large celestial body came this close was in 2004, when the five kilometre Toutatis flew by at four lunar distances. A lunar...
18 August 2017
A new Earth-like planet may have been found as close as 16 light years away
... orbiting exoplanet. Thus, regular analysis of the star's spectrum can show if it periodically moves due to another celestial body's influence. "We also used the integrated data from the time evolution of orbital parameters to generate the synthetic...
31 May 2019
Melting moon dust with lasers to use in lunar habitats
.... Some even want to go further and build a Moon village. But how do you go about building a habitat on another celestial body when the cost of transporting materials into space is enormous? One company is offering a solution – 3D print your own...
19 July 2019
The day humanity walked on the Moon
... after 21 years of military service. In fact, of all the 12 people who have left Earth to set foot on another celestial body, no one ever walked on the Moon more than once. Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin's bootprint...
