02 November 2018
Scientists unravel the formation history of the Milky Way
...Gaia mission, scientists have been able to rewind the history of the Milky Way and discover a major milestone in ...disc. “Seeing that we are now starting to unravel the formation history of the Milky Way is very exciting,” says Anthony Brown, Leiden ...
09 May 2016
Ancient silicate grains reveal histories of stardust in the Galaxy
... Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, scientists have studied the histories of dust particles that have roamed the Galaxy for millions of years before the sun and planets...
26 February 2018
Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury & Gemini – A Rare Photographic History
Space aficionados will appreciate the thought processes behind this book. How do you make a book of space-related imagery different to the many that have gone before? The authors’ first thought was to include only images that had never been ...
01 October 2019
The Moon: A History for the Future
It’s great – and it’s important - to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first steps of men from planet Earth on the surface of another planetary body…but even the geekiest space nut can choke on a banquet of technical overviews and historical ...
01 January 2023
For the Love of Mars - A Human History of the Red Planet
Given the plethora of books on Mars, one could be forgiven for asking why anyone would want to write another one. The author of this new book answered that question by observing that: “Other Mars books spent one or two sentences summing up ancient ...
16 January 2024
For the Love of Mars - A Human History of the Red Planet
Given the plethora of books on Mars, one could be forgiven for asking why anyone would want to write another one. The author of this new book answered that question by observing that: “Other Mars books spent one or two sentences summing up ancient ...
