22 August 2018
Definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface
... on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury and Ceres where the ice is relatively pure and abundant," added Li. “The spectral features of our detected ice suggest...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
...UCF planetary research scientist Phil Metzger. “It’s awesome. We could potentially use this technology to hop on the Moon, Ceres, Europa, Titan, Pluto, the poles of Mercury, asteroids — anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity,” explained...
05 August 2019
Weaponised satellites to be part of new space force says France
... 3.6 billion euros ($4 billion) and will amongst other things, fund the launch of three formation flying CERES electromagnetic-monitoring satellites, and the modernisation of a spatial radar surveillance system called GRAVES, is to be given a 700...