Sodium chloride, better known as table salt, isn't exactly the type of mineral that captures the imagination of scientists. However, a smattering of tiny salt crystals discovered in a sample from an asteroid has researchers ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to potentially saving the planet if one ever hurtled toward ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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Asteroids hold many clues about the formation and evolution of planets and their satellites. Understanding their history can, therefore, reveal much about our solar system. While observations made from a distance using electromagnetic ...
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2022
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Two cosmochemists at Arizona State University have made the first-ever measurements of water contained in samples from the surface of an asteroid. The samples came from asteroid Itokawa and were collected by the Japanese ...
Space Exploration
May 1, 2019
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Understanding the origin and time evolution of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is an issue of scientific interest and practical importance because they are potentially hazardous to the Earth. However, when and how these NEAs ...
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2018
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Why Perth scientists are hoping to score asteroid fragments brought back to Earth by an ambitious space mission.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2018
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Curtin University planetary scientists have shed some light on the evolution of asteroids, which may help prevent future collisions of an incoming 'rubble pile' asteroid with Earth.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2017
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The idea for a device that could unveil the origins of life in our solar system began with a Solo cup.
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2016
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Asteroids were once viewed as the vermin of the sky, disrupting astronomical observations by leaving streaks on long-exposure photographic plates used to take pictures of the stars. How times have changed. These remnants ...
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2016
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At first glance, looking at a bunch of space rocks doesn't sound that exciting. Like, aren't they just a bunch of rubble? What use can they be in understanding the Solar System compared to looking at planets or moons?
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2015
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