30 November 2020
Researchers discover solid phosphorus in comet 67P
..., using a host of instruments, one of which was COSIMA (Cometary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser). Built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, COSIMA was designed to study the chemical composition of the comet’s dust environment...
26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
...) into the early universe, analogous to the detection of gravitational waves by LIGO and the details of the CMB by Planck,” says Polidan in his proposal. Among the other 15 ideas selected by NASA is a design hoping to ease movement of cargo...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... European Southern Observatory VISTA telescope, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, the ESA’s Planck satellite, and NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray Observatory to observe the interactions between the clouds in the Ophiuchus...
26 November 2021
A closer Moon could have helped the early habitability of our planet
... Earth warm enough for some liquid water to remain, a new study headed by Rene Heller at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, thinks we have overlooked the contribution of another potentially significant factor...
17 December 2021
New study shows that 99.9% of the mass at the centre of our galaxy is due to black hole
... GNIRS instrument gave us the critical information we needed,” said Genzel, who is also the director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. “This research shows world-wide collaboration at its best.” The team have...
08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
..., carbon and graphite. ESA has a long tradition of naming its missions for great scientists, including Newton, Planck and Euclid “This name reminds us that it is in the human genes to explore. Science is in our DNA, and in everything...
