News tagged with celestial bodies
NASA offers guidelines to protect historic sites on the Moon
(Phys.org) -- NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing and future ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2012 |
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Japan confirms space probe brought home asteroid dust (Update)
A Japanese deep-space probe became the first ever to collect asteroid dust, during a seven-year odyssey that ended with its return to Earth over the Australian desert this year, Japan said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Dynamo theory: How small planets can have self-sustaining magnetic fields
The Earth's global magnetic field is generated in its metallic core, located nearly 3,000 kilometers beneath the planet’s surface. The field has existed on Earth for at least 3.5 billion years and offers clues ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2010 |
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NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Key process for space outpost proved on 'vomit comet' ride
Flying high over the Gulf of Mexico, researchers from NASA and Case Western Reserve University found a key to unlocking oxygen from the surface of the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2009 |
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German researchers discover exotic 'dark clusters' in their calculations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Theoretical physicists at the University of Bonn propose a new class of celestial bodies: “Dark Star Clusters”, consisting of many black holes and some stars orbiting around each other. So far, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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NASA Chooses Three Finalists for Future Space Science Mission to Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. The final project selected in mid-2011 may provide a better ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Japan seeks Guinness record listing for space probe
Japan's space agency has applied for a Guinness World Records listing after its Hayabusa space probe returned from a seven-year journey to an ancient asteroid, an official said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2010 |
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First results dealing with the impact of a celestial body on the planet Jupiter
The Planetary Sciences Group at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country (Spain) led by Professor Agustín Sánchez Lavega, has published the first results of research into one of the recent events that has ...
May 20, 2010 |
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