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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...
Queen's astronomer joins first planetary defense mission
Oct 07, 2024 (SPX)
The ESA's Hera spacecraft, scheduled to launch between October 7 and 26, will lift off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Its...
Mission to probe smashed asteroid launches despite hurricane
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
Despite fears that an approaching hurricane could delay the launch, the probe blasted off on a SpaceX rocket into cloudy skies from Cape Canaveral in the US sta...
New seismic data unveils detailed view of 9 km asteroid crater beneath Atlantic
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
The Nadir Crater, discovered in 2022 by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson, now joins the ranks of confirmed asteroid impacts from this period, similar in age to the Chicxul...
Comet A3: How and when to see Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has generated so much excitement about how bright and visible it might be that it has even been billed as the "comet of the century...
Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Oct 04, 2024 (AFP)
In a scene that sounds straight out of science fiction, the spacecraft deliberately crashed into the pyramid-sized asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, roughly 11 millio...
Webb reveals unusual jets of volatile gas from icy Centaur 29P
Oct 03, 2024 (SPX)
Centaurs are former trans-Neptunian objects that have been moved inside Neptune's orbit by subtle gravitational influences of the planets in the last few millio...
Hera probe ready for near-earth asteroid study
Oct 03, 2024 (SPX)
Germany plays a significant role in this mission, with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) coordinating contributions through the German Space Agency. The spacecr...
Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers at Purdue University and the NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) now believe Ceres is a very icy object that possibly was once a muddy ocean world. This...
Asteroid Ryugu's formation region may be closer than previously thought
Sep 30, 2024 (SPX)
Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, has an orbit around the Sun that crosses Earth's orbit but poses no collision risk. However, like many near-Earth asteroids, Ryugu...
OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
Since then, intriguing clues about the early solar system and potential origins of life on Earth have emerged from study of the sample, under the leadership of ...
Nuclear strategies tested at Sandia could avert asteroid disaster
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
"To most people, the danger from asteroids seems remote," Moore said. "But our planet is hit by BB-sized asteroids every day. We call them shooting stars. We do...
Hera mission to unlock the secrets of Dimorphos asteroid
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
On September 26, 2022, NASA's DART spacecraft impacted the Dimorphos asteroid at 6.1 km/s. This event altered Dimorphos's orbit around its larger companion, Did...
Australian crater may provide new insights into Earth's geological past
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers Daniel Connelly and Dr. Arif Sikder from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have uncovered evidence of the Massive Australian Precambrian-Cambri...
Nuking a huge asteroid could save Earth, lab experiment suggests
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
The biggest real-life test of our planetary defences was carried out in 2022, when NASA's fridge-sized DART spacecraft smashed into a 160-metre (525-feet) wide ...
Earth will have a second 'tiny moon' for two months
Sep 19, 2024 (UPI)
The celestial visitor, dubbed 2024 PT5, is from the Arjuna asteroid belt, according to researchers at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Sys...
ESA concludes observations of asteroid 2024 RW1
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
The asteroid was first spotted just 10 hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere. Despite the tight timeframe, astronomers worldwide sprang into action, rapidl...
Rosetta's influence: How has it inspired you?
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
To mark this milestone, ESA is launching an online exhibition, "10 years since Rosetta," and is calling for personal stories from around the world. Whether Rose...
China unveils asteroid defense plan following recent space event
Sep 12, 2024 (SPX)
While the odds of an asteroid causing significant damage are relatively low - most disintegrate upon entering the atmosphere - the potential impact of a landfal...
Ceres may have formed in the asteroid belt
Sep 12, 2024 (SPX)
Previous theories suggested that frozen ammonium, which is stable only in the colder outer Solar System, played a role in Ceres' formation, indicating that the ...
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