02 November 2020
Rare meteorite reveals evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago
.... But whether that water came from asteroids and comets after the planets formed or whether it was one...planet formation, rather than delivered from elsewhere in the Solar System by comets. This in turn could impact theories on the origins of life and...
13 February 2024
Thales Alenia Space to provide comms for planetary defence mission
...for launch in 2028, is to advance efforts to defend our planet against near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets, specifically within 50 million kilometres of Earth’s orbit. NEO Surveyor will employ an infrared space telescope designed to discover...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
...", Handberg says. Japan was one of the early leaders in Asian spaceflight, and started launching satellites to study comets in the 1980's. In 2003 the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Hayabusa probe, which successfully...
October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
... in planning for disaster if the asteroid is indeed heading for a future impact with Earth. When asteroids and comets are discovered, uncertainties surround their exact location - sometimes for months or even years. This uncertainty is due...
