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NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Fly a Farewell Tour of Bennu
Feb 09, 2021 (SPX)
The OSIRIS-REx mission team recently completed a detailed safety analysis of a trajectory to observe sample site Nightingale from a distance of approximately 2....
An asteroid double disaster struck Germany in the Miocene
Feb 08, 2021 (SPX)
A Gothic church rises high above the medieval town of Nordlingen, Germany. But unlike most churches, St. George's is composed of a very special type of rock: su...
ESA and JAXA meet online to agree future cooperation
Feb 08, 2021 (ESA)
The areas of cooperation include activities in Earth observation, space science and exploration. Dr Yamakawa also agreed to promote the JAXA/ESA relationship fu...
NASA's Psyche mission moves forward, passing key milestone
Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)
Until now, the mission has focused on planning, designing, and building the body of the spacecraft, its solar-electric propulsion system, the three science inst...
OSIRIS-REx mission set for May departure from Bennu back to Earth
Jan 27, 2021 (SPX)
During its Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Bennu's surface, likely exceeding the mission'...
Oldest carbonates in the solar system
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
The investigation by the Cosmochemistry Research Group led by Prof. Dr Mario Trieloff was part of a consortium study coordinated by the University of Munster wi...
Why do some regions on the dwarf planet Ceres appear blue
Jan 13, 2021 (SPX)
In the images of Ceres acquired by the German instrument on board the Dawn orbiter, as well as in the spectral measurements from the spacecraft, some regions st...
Remote sensing data sheds light on when and how asteroid Ryugu lost its water
Jan 06, 2021 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers offer an explanation for why Ryugu isn't quite as rich in water-bearing minerals as some other asteroids. ...
NASA's first mission to the Trojan Asteroids integrates its second scientific instrument
Jan 06, 2021 (SPX)
"Having two of the three instruments integrated onto the spacecraft is an exciting milestone," said Donya Douglas-Bradshaw, Lucy project manager from NASA's God...
EMXYS and Royal Observatory, Belgium to participate in planetary defence Hera space mission
Dec 23, 2020 (SPX)
EMXYS and the Royal Observatory of Belgium will provide the GRASS instrument that will make measurements on the gravity field of the asteroid Dimorphos. The gra...
SwRI-led team finds meteoric evidence for a previously unknown asteroid
Dec 22, 2020 (SPX)
"Carbonaceous chondrite (CC) meteorites record the geological activity during the earliest stages of the Solar System and provide insight into their parent bodi...
The Subaru Telescope photographs the next target asteroid for Hayabusa2
Dec 21, 2020 (SPX)
Operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 delivered a reentry capsule to Earth containing samples from the aste...
Knowledge of asteroid composition to help avert collisions
Dec 21, 2020 (SPX)
The joint ESA and NASA mission will test deflecting asteroids using a kinetic impactor - a probe that is steered to collide with an asteroid. The impactor is ca...
Asteroid samples leave Japan scientists 'speechless'
Dec 15, 2020 (AFP)
The Japanese probe collected surface dust and pristine material last year from the asteroid Ryugu, around 300 million kilometres (200 million miles) away, durin...
UK 'comet chaser' to go where no probe has been before
Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)
Comets are what is left over when a planetary system forms and in each ancient object is preserved information about the formation of the Solar System 4.6 billi...
Black 'sand-like' asteroid dust found in box from Japan probe
Dec 14, 2020 (AFP)
The discovery comes a week after the Hayabusa-2 probe dropped off its capsule, which entered the atmosphere in a streak of light before landing in the Australia...
Last major meteor shower of 2020 to sparkle in weekend sky
Dec 13, 2020 (UPI)
Every year, skywatchers around the globe circle Dec. 13 on their calendars, the night that the Geminid meteor shower reaches its climax, although the celestial ...
First presentation after Hayabusa2 return set for SPIE conference Dec 14
Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)
"I'm so excited to hear more about this mission," says SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Chair Alison Peck. "The level of precision needed to pull ...
NASA astrobiologists prepare to probe Ryugu asteroid dust
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
By the close of 2021, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, will disperse samples of Ryugu to six teams of scientists around the globe. These researc...
Japan begins space capsule analysis hoping for asteroid sample
Dec 08, 2020 (AFP)
Officials from Japan's space agency said they were jubilant about the successful return of the capsule, which landed in Australia on Sunday after separating fro...
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