22 May 2019
Water came to Earth when the Moon formed says study
...that a vast stream of water-laden comets crashing on our planet gave Earth its ... neighbours? Many planetary scientists are in agreement that an extensive bombardment of comets showered the inner Solar System earlier in its history to provide the water...
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...
