News tagged with planetary gravity

Jet packs rule, say deep-sea astronauts

Battery-powered jet packs are definitely the best part of tooling around on the ocean floor in practice drills for an eventual visit to an asteroid, an international crew of astronauts said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA launching twin moon probes to measure gravity

Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth's orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Back to the roots of the solar system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Planets form in disks of dust and gas that surround young stars. A look at the birth places means a journey into the past of the earth and its siblings. Now, astronomers have been able to ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Last visit home for ESA's comet chaser Rosetta

ESA's Rosetta comet chaser will swing by Earth on 13 November to pick up orbital energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to the outer Solar System. Several observations of the Earth-Moon system ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0