An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus, they ascribe the differences to the ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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On 8 September 2024, the first of four satellites that make up ESA's Cluster mission will reenter Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean Uninhabited Area.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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On Sept. 26th, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) collided with Dimorphos, the small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. In so doing, the mission successfully demonstrated a proposed strategy for ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 22, 2024
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Scientists from NASA's Juno mission have developed the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system, including characterizing the intensity of the high-energy particles near the orbit of the icy moon Europa, and ...
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2024
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Planets are bodies that orbit a star and have sufficient gravitational mass that they form themselves into roughly spherical shapes that, in turn, exert gravitational force on smaller objects around them, such as asteroids ...
Astronomy
Aug 20, 2024
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We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating exoplanets—planets that orbit ...
Astrobiology
Aug 20, 2024
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Thanks to observations by the Solar Occultation in the Infrared (SOIR) instrument on the Venus Express space probe of the European Space Agency (ESA), researchers have discovered an unexpected increase in the abundances of ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 20, 2024
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During the first step of humankind's first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured this stunning view of the moon.
Astronomy
Aug 20, 2024
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Cost is a major driving factor in the development of space exploration missions. Any new technology or trick that could lower the cost of a mission makes it much more appealing for mission planners. Therefore, much of NASA's ...
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2024
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How common are Earth-like exoplanets—also called exo-Earths—and which exoplanetary systems should we target to find them?
Planetary Sciences
Aug 20, 2024
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