OHB Italia and ESA Sign Contract for Comet Interceptor Mission Study
MILANO (OHB PR) — OHB Italia, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, signed a contract appointing OHB Italia as one The post OHB Italia and ESA Sign Contract for Comet Interceptor...
View ArticleEuropean ‘Comet Chaser’ Probe to be Designed in UK
SWINDON, UK (UK Space Agency PR) — Design work will soon begin in the UK on the spacecraft for a new European Space Agency The post European ‘Comet Chaser’ Probe to be Designed in UK appeared first on...
View ArticleFrench Scientists to Help Analyze Hayabusa2 Asteroid Samples
The Japanese Hayabusa-2 mission returned at least 5.4 g of dust from the asteroid Ryugu. That’s 50 times more than expected! These unpublished samples could contain The post French Scientists to Help...
View ArticleComet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter’s Asteroids
PASADENA, Calif. (NASA PR) — For the first time, a wayward comet-like object has been spotted near the family of ancient asteroids. After traveling The post Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter’s...
View ArticleComet Catalina Suggests Comets Delivered Carbon to Rocky Planets
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (NASA PR) — In early 2016, an icy visitor from the edge of our solar system hurtled past Earth. It briefly The post Comet Catalina Suggests Comets Delivered Carbon to Rocky...
View ArticleThe Perseids are on the Rise!
PASADENA, Calif. (NASA PR) — It’s time again for one of the biggest meteor showers of the year! The Perseids are already showing up The post The Perseids are on the Rise! appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
View ArticleFizzing Sodium Could Explain Asteroid Phaethon’s Cometlike Activity
Models and lab tests suggest the asteroid could be venting sodium vapor as it orbits close to the Sun, explaining its increase in brightness. The post Fizzing Sodium Could Explain Asteroid Phaethon’s...
View ArticleTesting Mini-radar to Peer Inside an Asteroid
NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands (ESA PR) — A specially upgraded radio-frequency chamber in ESA’s technical heart is testing what is set to become the smallest The post Testing Mini-radar to Peer Inside an...
View ArticleAirbus will Build ESA’s Ariel Exoplanet Hunting Satellite
PARIS (ESA PR) — ESA and Airbus have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared The post Airbus will Build ESA’s Ariel Exoplanet...
View ArticleA Christmas Comet for Solar Orbiter
PARIS (ESA PR) — Comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock and ice about a kilometre across is heading for a close pass The post A Christmas Comet for Solar Orbiter appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
View ArticleNASA Funds Research into Destroying Incoming Asteroid on Short Notice
by Douglas MessierManaging Editor NASA is funding research into hypervelocity kinetic penetrators that would allow for the destruction of an incoming asteroid on very The post NASA Funds Research into...
View ArticleReport Identifies Priority Planetary Science Missions, Planetary Defense...
WASHINGTON (National Academies PR) — A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities and opportunities and makes funding The...
View ArticlePlanetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In
Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASA scientists and the agency’s NEOWISE mission – took part in the international exercise. PASADENA, Calif. The post Planetary Defense Exercise Uses...
View ArticleComet Chaser Mission Moves From Blueprint to Reality
MADRID, Spain (ESA PR) — A new European Space Agency science mission, proposed by the UK, to 3D-map a comet for the first time The post Comet Chaser Mission Moves From Blueprint to Reality appeared...
View ArticleAsteroid Ryugu May Have Originated From a Comet Nucleus that Contained Amino...
TOKYO (JAXA PR) — Sample analysis of material returned from asteroid Ryugu through the efforts of the Hayabusa2 Project Team are being carried out The post Asteroid Ryugu May Have Originated From a...
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