19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... atmosphere of 2I/Borisov; the first alien comet to visit our Solar System. “At first we had a hard time believing that atomic...originated from, but also shows that the interloper and Solar System comets have even more in common than previously thought...
18 July 2018
Solar Planetary Systems
... remit and covers multiple aspects of planetary systems in 21 chapters. Following a brief introduction to the main bodies of our solar system, it addresses the origin and formation of the system and then extends this to extra...
13 December 2021
Did another star gatecrash our early Solar System?
... melting could possibly explain the existence of chondrules in our solar system, where dynamical evidence for a past flyby exists,”...years old – older than the Earth and other planets in our Solar System. The team’s research, “On the rise times in FU ...
04 February 2018
In the Shadow of the Moon: the science, magic and mystery of solar eclipses
..., and personal eclipses). The volume concludes with chapter notes and an index, and there is a brief chronology of solar eclipses, which includes future eclipses up to September 2099 (for those who expect to be around). Of course, there is science...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... response to the presented challenges including powering Earth-orbiting satellites through beamed energy from in-situ manufactured solar panels on the surface of the Moon and the creation of an Earth observation and data analytics platform to support...
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
...CubeSat called NEA Scout will use a thin, aluminum-coated solar sail about the size of a tennis court to propel ... Artemis I uncrewed test flight this spring, the sail will use solar radiation to propel the CubeSat to the asteroid, estimated to be ths...
