January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
...asteroid, which is a class thought to contain organic material and also to have remained relatively unchanged since the solar system’s formation. Rocks like Ryugu likely rained down on the early Earth, so if evidence of organic molecules or water are...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... Belt. Delivery of life-elements to the planets One of the most important findings from our exploration of the solar system is that it is a surprisingly soggy place, since water is found to some degree in almost all bodies. Because water is essential...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
...unmatched mission that has now taken them beyond the edges of the Solar System. But it has taken them over 40 years to do so ...that could dramatically decrease journey times through the solar system Traditional chemical-based rockets are propelled by ...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
...); and galactic cosmic rays, which are high-energy protons and heavy ions from outside our solar system. Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne placing some of SCK CEN/DLR radiation detectors inside a Colombus module on the...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... to imagine, but we now think we have found in the PSRs a time capsule of the history of the volatiles in our solar system. To understand how this occurred we have to start at the beginning. The lunar magnetosphere protecting its tenuous atmosphere...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... opened frontiers in the past, or do we learn? Humanity’s insurance policy The goal is not to escape but to seed the Solar System with life while preserving and protecting the MotherWorld Our story is one of survival. For millennia, we have...
