...-Earth asteroids (at the end of 2020), so next year we might have some interesting scientific results. These asteroid samples will be analysed in order to better understand the history of our solar system and the properties of these intriguing...
...scales were first derived from a few point samples scattered across vast areas and human interpretation, but... insights to the meteorological community by supplementing the point samples and improving the accuracy and reliability of weather forecasts....
...iridium-rich layer. Accordingly, the team have analysed a core sample of pelagic sediment extracted via the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP... end of the Cretaceous Period. Their analysis of the sample shows a sharp spike of iridium which corresponds to the...
... amount of collected material can be anywhere between 60 grams and 2 kilograms of dust and rock. After depositing the sample into a return canister, OSIRIS-REx will leave Bennu and head back for Earth, scheduled to return...
...in the Mons Rumker region of Oceanus Procellarum, and return a 2 kilogram sample of lunar regolith, possibly from as deep as 2 metres. It is... of the Moon. According to Wu, Chang'e-6 will return samples from the Moon’s south pole, while Chang’e 7 will...
...by the onboard sampler horn. Hayabusa2 will hold onto any samples it manages to collect and return them to Earth in...and the organic material necessary for life to start. These samples will be crucial in investigating this possibility." The latest ...