09 May 2016
Ancient silicate grains reveal histories of stardust in the Galaxy
... space sufficient to destroy their crystal structures. Evidence of this radiation exposure is extremely rare in silicate stardust. Most of the stardust grains that we studied seem to have escaped such processing,” said Nguyen. The team conclude that...
08 April 2019
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
...planet. A following chapter provides an overview of relevant space missions, with two subsequent chapters concentrating on the Stardust and Rosetta missions, respectively. Following a penultimate chapter on space mining, the author concludes with the...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... understanding of the Moon with the Apollo missions and their 382 kg of lunar rocks; of comets with the Stardust mission; and of asteroids with the Hayabusa mission. Until now, sample return missions have been led...
11 January 2016
Space Rock Legend David Bowie Dies Aged 69
... fifth studio album. The album loosely tells the story of a fictional rock star Ziggy Stardust (Bowie's alter ego) who is a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. In 1976 Bowie starred in “The Man Who Fell to ...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
...a few of them were successful (Deep Impact & EPOXI, Stardust). Deep Impact shot a projectile into Temple 1 to study the material of... a comet below its surface. Stardust even brought back dust grains from the coma of Wild 2 ...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
...-rounds 9 http://spacenews.com/spacex-opening-seattle-plant-to-build-4000-broadband-satellites/ 10 http://www.strath.ac.uk/stardust/ 11 http://www.clyde-space.com/cubesat_shop/de-orbit_devices
