Eighteen years after NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first samples from a known comet, the true nature of that icy object is coming into focus.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 16, 2024
0
7299
More samples of comets are urgently required to better understand the early history of the solar system, say researchers analyzing comet dust brought back to Earth by NASA's Stardust mission in 2006.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2018
37
140
It was less than an hour into the new day of January 15, 2006 (EST), when tens of thousands of miles above our planet, two cable cutters and two retention bolts fired, releasing a spring which pushed a 101-pound (46-kilogram) ...
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2016
0
41
Twelve years ago this month, in March 2003, ESA inaugurated a new deep-space ground tracking station 8 km south of the town of New Norcia, which is about 150 km north of Perth, in Western Australia.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2015
0
17
Comet ISON's fate has left many sad. For the public, the comet could have made for a spectacular view in December. For scientists, it would have been a chance to learn more about these mysterious bodies. But why are comets ...
Space Exploration
Dec 9, 2013
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bonus round is something one usually associates with the likes of a TV game show, not a pioneering deep space mission.
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2011
0
0
Song lyrics aside, even when you catch a bit of stardust, it may take years to sort out what you've got.
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2010
0
0
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 dust includes ...
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2009
2
7
