13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... (UAE) as the country, which is a relative newcomer to the space industry, is due to launch its first planetary-science mission to Mars. Scheduled to launch from a remote Japanese island, Tanegashima, during a narrow launch window at 20:51:27 UTC...
09 November 2020
More woe for Arecibo as a second cable breaks causing more damage
..., the Arecibo Observatory has been used by scientists around the world to conduct research in the areas of atmospheric sciences, planetary sciences, radio astronomy and radar astronomy for more than 50 years. Since it was built, the facility has...
23 December 2020
Harmful stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets after all, new study says
... fields helping deflect their stellar winds,” says Daniel Horton, an assistant professor of Earth and planetary sciences in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the study's senior author. Their study was no easy task as flares can...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
... within a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite from the early history of the solar system is an important achievement for planetary science Tsuchiyama proudly notes. “This achievement shows that our team could detect a tiny fluid trapped in a mineral...
03 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
... to a NASA description posted online the same day. NASA describes Discovery missions as “smaller” than its “flagship” planetary science missions. Discovery missions include the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and InSight Mars lander. DAVINCI+ stands for...
01 October 2019
Space Exploration: past, present & future
... with mini-encyclopaedic chapters on spacefarers, agencies and institutes. There is coverage of both private industry and planetary science and a look towards the future of scientific research and manned space exploration – so, something for everyone...
