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...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...Indeed, recent scientific discoveries point to many new possible habitats and highlight extra astrobiological potential in the solar system, while also trailblazing new exploration targets and concepts. Some of these aspects concern the Martian moons...
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 ...
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...
03 October 2018
Newly discovered far-flung object supports Planet X existence
... it seemed an outlandish idea at the time, the duo proposed the presence of an unknown planet on the periphery of the Solar System that was keeping these orbits in place. Planet X as it became known, is thought to be a sub-Neptune sized planet but...
