January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... than the cloud tops of the gas-giant planets, colder even than the mountains of nitrogen ice on Pluto. So, clearly, any icy volatile that falls into one of these cold traps stays cold! And because...
16 August 2015
Cassini and Saturn’s moon Dione: so long and thanks for all the pics
...) for some time. Since scientists are now almost entirely sure that there must be geological activity on Pluto, geological activity on Dione looms as a bigger possibility than before. “But we’ve never found the smoking gun,” Cassini...
24 August 2015
NASA’s Dawn gets up close and personal with Ceres: stunning conical mountain revealed in detail
... km across. Only time will tell if the mountain will get an amazing name like some of the formations on Pluto and Charon did.
11 October 2015
2,000 Delegates Arrive in Jerusalem for Space Industry's Premier Annual Event
... the Israel Space Agency. Speaking with reporters, Bolden focused on the New Horizons mission, which reached Pluto in recent months and returned remarkable images that grabbed the attention of the world. Famed moonwalker Buzz...
12 October 2015
NASA and Israel Space Agency sign cooperation agreement
... of liquid water on Mars, the discovery of exoplanet 452B, which is very similar to Earth, and the successful arrival at Pluto of the New Horizons spacecraft.
01 December 2015
Displaced dusty planet booted out of its birthplace
... distances from their host, such as HD 106906b, whose orbit around its host star is 16 times farther than Pluto is from the sun, could also be an indication of planet displacement by large body interaction. Nonetheless initial investigations into...
