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Comet's firework display ahead of perihelion
Aug 12, 2015 (ESA)
In the approach to perihelion over the past few weeks, Rosetta has been witnessing growing activity from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with one dramatic outb...
Philae silver lining: robot lab shielded from sun
Aug 12, 2015 (AFP)
When a comet whizzes past the Sun on Thursday it won't mean certain high-temperature death for a European robot lab riding on the chunk of ice and dust. Instead...
Comet 67P, robot lab Philae's alien host, nears Sun
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the Sun this week, setting another landmark in an extraordinary quest to u...
Celebrating a year at the comet
Aug 07, 2015 (ESA)
ESA's Rosetta mission today celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away. It's been a lon...
Tracking A Mysterious Group of Asteroid Outcasts
Aug 05, 2015 (JPL)
High above the plane of our solar system, near the asteroid-rich abyss between Mars and Jupiter, scientists have found a unique family of space rocks. These int...
Dawn gracefully descending into lower orbit above dwarf planet
Aug 05, 2015 (JPL)
Flying on a blue-green ray of xenon ions, Dawn is gracefully descending toward dwarf planet Ceres. Even as Dawn prepares for a sumptuous new feast in its next m...
Earth Flyby of 'Space Peanut' Captured in New Video
Aug 04, 2015 (JPL)
NASA scientists have used two giant, Earth-based radio telescopes to bounce radar signals off a passing asteroid and produce images of the peanut-shaped body as...
Science on the surface of a comet
Aug 01, 2015 (ESA)
Complex molecules that could be key building blocks of life, the daily rise and fall of temperature, and an assessment of the surface properties and internal st...
Philae results shed light on the nature of comets
Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)
During the first ever landing of a probe on a comet, the world held its breath as Philae survived a bouncy landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Novembe...
Philae the little lost lander finds organic molecules on comet
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
It really is the little lander that could. The European Space Agency's probe Philae may be struggling to stay in touch, but its first finds on its new home are ...
Missouri researcher bakes asteroids to find water
Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)
A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is cooking up something new in the lab - baking meteorites to learn how to produce water and other ea...
New Names and Insights at Ceres
Jul 30, 2015 (JPL)
Colorful new maps of Ceres, based on data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, showcase a diverse topography, with height differences between crater bottoms and mountai...
Multi-Use Firing Room 4 used for Resource Prospector Mission Simulation
Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's 21st century multi-user Firing Room 4 in the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida was used for the first time June 3. The facility la...
Vesta's Potassium-to-Thorium Ratio Reveals Hot Origins
Jul 24, 2015 (SPX)
Studies of materials on the surface of Vesta offer new evidence that the giant asteroid is the source of howardite, eucrite and diogenite (HED) basaltic meteori...
Japan space scientists hunting for new asteroid name
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese space scientists are on the hunt for a new name for an asteroid that may contain the secret of life, with a public competition beginning Wednesday. The...
Arecibo Observatory Provides The First Detailed Images Of A Rare Asteroid
Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists from the Arecibo Observatory observed asteroid (436724) 2011 UW158 on Tuesday, July 14th, providing the first detailed images of this asteroid from 6...
Dawn Maneuvering to Third Science Orbit
Jul 21, 2015 (JPL)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is using its ion propulsion system to descend to its third mapping orbit at Ceres, and all systems are operating well. The spiral maneuve...
Robot lab Philae 'silent', says concerned ground control
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
Europe's comet-riding robot lab Philae has fallen "silent", said ground controllers Monday who feared it may have shifted on the rough, alien surface, out of ra...
Football Shaped Asteroid Observed by Students at NAIC/NRAO
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
Images of the near-Earth asteroid 2015 HM10 were captured by students and researchers participating in the NAIC/NRAO 8th Single-Dish Radio Astronomy School as i...
Summer School radar obs shine new light on near-Earth asteroid
Jul 15, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists participating in a radio astronomy summer school had the unexpected opportunity to observe a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid as it ...
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