News tagged with comet particles
Herschel spots comet massacre around nearby star
(Phys.org) -- ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to thousands of icy comets every ...
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Meteorite holds clues to organic chemistry of the early Earth: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbonaceous chondrites are a type of organic-rich meteorite that contain samples of the materials that took part in the creation of our planets nearly 4.6 billion years ago, including materials ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2011 |
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NASA probe aims to unlock Mercury's secrets (Update)
NASA scientists pored Wednesday over stunning new images of Mercury as their MESSENGER probe began a year-long mission to map the surface of the solar system's least-understood planet.
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Mar 30, 2011 |
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Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT
As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet like particles akin to a warplane meeting the fury of armed resistance fighters which potentially ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2011 |
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WISE captures key image of comet mission's destination
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, caught a glimpse of the comet that the agency's EPOXI mission will visit in November. The WISE observation will help the EPOXI team put together a large-scale ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Where comets emit dust
Studying comets can be quite dangerous - especially from close up. Because the tiny particles of dust emitted into space from the so-called active regions on a comet's surface can damage space probes.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Source of zodiac glow identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- The eerie glow that straddles the night time zodiac in the eastern sky is no longer a mystery. First explained by Joshua Childrey in 1661 as sunlight scattered in our direction by dust particles ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Stardust spacecraft may have found cosmic dust
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first specks of interstellar dust may have been found by NASA's Stardust spacecraft during its seven-year-long voyage. Interstellar dust is believed to form from gas ejected from stars, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Scientist uncovers relics of ancient cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Manchester scientist, working as part of an international team, has uncovered an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust
Dust samples collected by high-flying aircraft in the upper atmosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution. The stratospheric ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Stardust Logs A Decade Under The Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturday, Feb. 7, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's well-traveled Stardust spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2009 |
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