March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... space from beneath the ice in the form of giant plumes. Flying through those plumes and taking samples might give us direct access to the contents of the ocean, without even having to land on the ice moon...
March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... we know of and, subsequently, they allow astronomers to sample and probe the most energetic (non-thermal) processes in... the resulting continual chemical enrichment of our galaxy. By sampling daily the relative abundance of elements through the study ...
18 June 2018
ESA Council backs Lunar gateway venture
... transportation and infrastructure; negotiating agreement(s) covering potential European contributions to an international Mars Sample Return mission or other sample return missions; and examining scenarios and mission concepts for lunar exploration...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
...the mission will also serve as a testbed to improve sampling techniques on other celestial bodies and to try out communication... is planned for the spacecraft, and once observations and sample collection has taken place, MMX will then make the year...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
... as to whether simple life forms are capable of living on Mars comes from the trusty rovers we have sent to sample the soils on our behalf. Now, a recent review of the research conducted so far from these mobile laboratories...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... ago. Other impacts, on a much smaller scale, happen all the time, providing the tens of thousands of meteorite samples that are studied around the world to learn about the earliest days of our Solar System. The...
