News tagged with stardust mission
Heading into the bonus round -- in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bonus round is something one usually associates with the likes of a TV game show, not a pioneering deep space mission.
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Feb 10, 2011 |
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Field Museum to study composition of stardust
Song lyrics aside, even when you catch a bit of stardust, it may take years to sort out what you've got.
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Oct 26, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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Comet Wild2: First evidence of space weathering
(PhysOrg.com) -- The traditional picture of comets as cold, icy, unchanging bodies throughout their history is being reappraised in the light of analyses of dust grains from Comet Wild2. A team led by the ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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UH scientists analyze a tiny comet grain to date Jupiter's formation
Particles from comet 81P/Wild 2 brought to Earth in 2006 by NASA's Stardust spacecraft indicate that Jupiter formed more than three million years after the formation of the first solids in our Solar System. ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Herschel and Spitzer see nearby galaxies' stardust
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions; ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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NASA developing comet harpoon for sample return
(PhysOrg.com) -- The best way to grab a sample of a rotating comet that is racing through the inner solar system at up to 150,000 miles per hour while spewing chunks of ice, rock and dust may be to avoid the ...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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NASA studying ways to make 'tractor beams' a reality
Tractor beams -- the ability to trap and move objects using laser light -- are the stuff of science fiction, but a team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept for remotely capturing planetary ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Hyperactive Hartley 2 has a split history
The latest analysis of data from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft shows that comet 103P/Hartley 2 is hyperactive in terms of the material it spews out, compared to the other comets observed up close to date. ...
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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Amino acid alphabet soup
All life on Earth relies on a standard set of 20 amino acids to build the proteins that carry out life's essential actions. But did it have to be this way?
Aug 19, 2011 |
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The origin of comet material formed at high temperatures
Comets are icy bodies, yet they are made of materials formed at very high temperatures. Where do these materials come from? French researchers have now provided the physical explanation behind this phenomenon. ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Spitzer sees crystal 'rain' in outer clouds of infant star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
May 27, 2011 |
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NASA selects University of Arizona to lead sample return mission to asteroid
NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead a sample-return mission to an asteroid. The team is led by Michael Drake, director of the the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. NASA Goddard Space Flight ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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