01 November 2016
New twist on Moon formation helps explain its weird orbit
... framework for answering new questions in the future. "There are many potential paths from the moon's formation to the Earth-moon system we see today. We've identified a few of them, but there are sure to be other possibilities," said Hamilton. "What...
04 February 2019
The Moon is a mini-Earth suggests new research
... is the first time that all 14 elements were modeled together to analyze the Earth-Moon system,” Righter said. “By simulating the main processes contributing to the Moon’s formation and early differentiation, we were able to predict the level of each...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... crewed vehicle from Mars. Crews would rendezvous with their Earth return capsule around the Moon and return to Earth from the Moon’s orbit. If this approach is adopted, the Earth-Moon system will be home to our returning astronauts. Second, just...
12 March 2015
Ceres breakthrough: NASA's Dawn is first probe to visit a dwarf planet
... missions could not have done. [Dawn is the only mission ever to orbit two objects beyond the Earth-moon system.] It kept our costs down but enabled us to behave in a particular way. Although our legacy to science is with Vesta...
08 April 2019
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
...the formation of the solar system, placing comets and asteroids in the context of the Earth-Moon system and considering them both as ... ‘extinction events’ and the “mission to save planet Earth”. The book is illustrated with an eight-page colour insert...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
...LISA-like observatory down to 38 cm Beside the chemical propulsion system, the SCM was equipped with a set of six redundant ...a heliocentric orbit, minimising the return probability to the Earth-Moon system over the next 100 years. For the last three ...
