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NASA to map Asteroid Bennu from the ground up
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
How do you study the topography of an asteroid millions of miles away? Map it with a robotic cartographer! NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Ide...
The First Commercial Interplanetary Mining Mission
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Deep Space Industries has announced its plans to fly the world's first commercial interplanetary mining mission. Prospector-1 will fly to and rendezvous with a ...
What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data
Aug 08, 2016 (JPL)
In the tens of thousands of photos returned by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the interior of Ceres isn't visible. But scientists have powerful data to study Ceres' in...
How comets are born
Jul 29, 2016 (ESA)
Detailed analysis of data collected by Rosetta show that comets are the ancient leftovers of early Solar System formation, and not younger fragments resulting f...
The Case of the Missing Ceres Craters
Jul 28, 2016 (JPL)
Ceres is covered in countless small, young craters, but none are larger than 175 miles (280 kilometers) in diameter. To scientists, this is a huge mystery, give...
SwRI-led study shows puzzling paucity of large craters on dwarf planet Ceres
Jul 28, 2016 (SPX)
A team of scientists led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) made a puzzling observation while studying the size and distribution of craters on the dwarf pla...
Farewell Philae: Earth severs link with silent comet probe
Jul 27, 2016 (AFP)
Earth bid a final farewell to robot lab Philae on Wednesday, severing communications after a year-long silence from the pioneering probe hurtling through space ...
Why are there so few large craters on dwarf planet Ceres?
Jul 26, 2016 (UPI)
Life in the asteroid belt isn't conducive to a smooth complexion. Ceres' surface is proof of that. But researchers say the dwarf planet's face isn't nearly as c...
Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate
Jul 12, 2016 (JPL)
Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these areas likely have been cold enough to ...
Chaotic Orbit of Comet Halley Explained
Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)
A team of Dutch and Scottish researchers led by Simon Portegies Zwart (Leiden University) has found an explanation for the chaotic behavior of the orbit of Hall...
Elite Team to Consider New Approaches to Asteroid Danger
Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)
A six-week-long research accelerator, championed by NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist and hosted at the SETI Institute, is engaging young researchers from...
Rosetta Finale Set for 30 September
Jul 06, 2016 (ESA)
Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September. The mission is coming to an end as a result of the s...
Rosetta finale set for 30 September
Jul 01, 2016 (ESA)
Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September. The mission is coming to an end as a result of the s...
Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area
Jul 01, 2016 (JPL)
The brightest area on Ceres, located in the mysterious Occator Crater, has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals ever seen outside Earth, according to...
Rosetta, Philae to reunite on comet for Sept 30 mission end
Jun 30, 2016 (AFP)
After nearly two years apart, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft will join stranded robot probe Philae on September 30 on the icy surface of a comet hurtling through s...
Asteroid Impacts a Possible Solution to Faint Young Sun Paradox
Jun 24, 2016 (SPX)
In the first billion years of Earth's history, the planet was bombarded by primordial asteroids, while a faint Sun provided much less heat. A Southwest Research...
Hundreds Of Events Worldwide Scheduled For Asteroid Day 2016
Jun 24, 2016 (SPX)
What began as a passion of a handful of individuals, a musician, filmmaker, technologist, scientist and astronaut, has become a global movement by thousands to ...
Dawn clocks up 1000 orbits of Ceres
Jun 21, 2016 (JPL)
Dawn is continuing to record the extraordinary sights on dwarf planet Ceres. The experienced explorer is closer to the alien world than the International Space ...
High-Tech Telescope for Dangerous Asteroids Detection Launched in Russia
Jun 20, 2016 (Sputnik)
The country's first wide-angle telescope AZT-33 BM will be able to see any space boulder the size of the Tunguska meteorite a month before its collision with Ea...
Small Asteroid Is Earth's Constant Companion
Jun 16, 2016 (JPL)
A small asteroid has been discovered in an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it will remain so for centuries to come. As ...
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