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New evidence of organic reservoirs found on Ceres
Dec 04, 2024 (SPX)
In 2017, Dawn detected organic compounds near the Ernutet crater, sparking debates about their origins. Initial theories leaned toward exogenous sources, such a...
NASA-led team links comet water to Earth's oceans
Dec 04, 2024 (SPX)
Water was essential for life to form and flourish on Earth and it remains central for Earth life today. While some water likely existed in the gas and dust from...
Earthbound asteroids may be tracked more precisely using new equation
Nov 26, 2024 (SPX)
Building on concepts introduced by Sir Isaac Newton and advanced by Albert Einstein's general relativity, researchers have devised a method to pinpoint the posi...
From space to atmosphere scientists unravel secrets of asteroid 2022 WJ1
Nov 26, 2024 (SPX)
Asteroid 2022 WJ1, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in November 2022, is the smallest asteroid to be characterized both in space and upon entering Earth's ...
As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down - and obscures a potential real threat from space
Nov 16, 2024 (SPX)
As the full moon begins to wane after Nov. 15, the sky will be darker, due to diminishing moonlight, so finding the meteors will get easier. That said, the best...
Ion dynamics examined as comet 67P awakens from dormancy
Nov 14, 2024 (SPX)
As a comet approaches the Sun, its interaction with the solar wind undergoes significant changes. While the basic mechanisms of this interaction far from and cl...
NEOWISE concludes mission with re-entry but data continues to fuel discovery
Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)
Throughout its mission, NEOWISE not only cataloged data that professional astronomers used but also involved over 100,000 citizen scientists worldwide. These co...
Taurid meteor shower to reach peak visibility
Nov 05, 2024 (UPI)
Earth passes through the debris left behind by comets every fall from September to November and the meteor shower was expected to be most visible beginning earl...
Illuminating ancient origins of 4BN year-old Asteroid Ryugu
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
The analysis of these minute asteroid fragments, sent to APS for examination via powerful X-ray beams, revealed crucial details about Ryugu's past and chemical ...
Hera's CubeSats call home from Deep Space
Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)
"Each CubeSat was activated for about an hour in turn, in live sessions with the ground to perform commissioning - what we call 'are you alive?' and 'stowed che...
NRL captures stunning images of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Oct 24, 2024 (SPX)
The comet, first discovered in 2023, was observed by NRL's Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) aboard the joint NASA and European Space Agency (ES...
Meteorite impact shaped early Earth and promoted life
Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)
Nadja Drabon, an early-Earth geologist and assistant professor at Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, studies these ancient impacts...
ESA begins preparations for Ramses mission to study Apophis asteroid
Oct 18, 2024 (SPX)
On 13 April 2029, Apophis, a 375-meter-wide asteroid, will pass just 32,000 kilometers from Earth - closer than a tenth of the distance to the Moon. This rare e...
The origin of most meteorites traced to three asteroid families
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
The Massalia family stands out as the source for 37% of known meteorites. Although over 70,000 meteorites have been documented, only 6% had been previously trac...
SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky
Oct 13, 2024 (SPX)
The bright comet is C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which has been garnering a lot of attention from skywatchers recently, displaying a long, dusty tail in pre-daw...
NASA says comet expected to put on show in Earth fly-by
Oct 11, 2024 (UPI)
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday and won't be back for about 80,000 years, the space agency said. It is about two mil...
Hera mission begins its journey toward Didymos asteroid system
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
After a smooth 76-minute ascent, Hera separated from its launcher, and mission control at ESA's ESOC operations center in Germany assumed control. Hera's teleme...
New study reduces concerns over asteroid swarm threat
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
Using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope, researchers from the University of Maryland led a study to survey the Taurid swarm, a group of space debris...
Bright Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Becomes Visible in Evening Sky
Oct 10, 2024 (SPX)
The comet will make its first evening appearance on Friday, visible low in the west during twilight. It will rise higher and become more easily visible througho...
SPACEBEL plays key role in ESA's Hera mission
Oct 07, 2024 (SPX)
SPACEBEL, a key player in space technology, is contributing significantly to the mission through its software expertise across various areas. The Hera Mission H...
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