19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... and even in ones far from the Sun in the cold space environment," says Jean Manfroid from the University of Liège, Belgium, who ... with heavy metal atoms had only been observed in hot environments, such as in the atmospheres of ultra-hot exoplanets or...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... excesses can be an indication of something different altogether. Artist’s impression of a ‘Hot Jupiter’ Observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope of discs lacking these two excesses indicate that the fledgling protostar is on its way to becoming...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
...-time monitoring of any vessel’s movements across the sea. The Galapagos Islands viewed by astronauts on the International Space Station. The first challenge is to interpret these movements and cross check against licence databases and vessel...
July 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
...partnership: GEO is a global partnership designed to address global environment observation and monitoring activities. The post MDG/SDG approach calls ... The Conference also recognised the importance of space-based data, in situ monitoring and reliable...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
...very rugged, probably very pristine material not yet softened by space weathering and sublimation. It looks almost like the comet ...gas, to studying the interaction of the comet with its environment (the solar wind), will give us a much better ...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... a long integration time. Hence, other missions under formulation include a rendezvous and even a lander. The Japanese space agency JAXA is even proposing an ambitious mission with a solar-sail spacecraft that would perform a sample return...
