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Second CubeSat added to ESAs Ramses mission for close study of Apophis Paris, France (SPX) May 21, 2025  ESA is expanding its Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis with the addition of a second CubeSat, further enhancing scientific efforts to study the asteroid during its extremely close approach to Earth ... more |
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Laser ultrasound used to reveal the elasticity of space rock for the first time Nottingham UK (SPX) May 20, 2025  Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time. Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic co ... more |
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China Prepares for Launch of Tianwen 2 Asteroid Sample-Return Mission Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2025  China is set to launch its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, within the next two weeks from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, as confirmed by the China National ... more |
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Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth's history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse Rolla MO (SPX) May 21, 2025  If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice only when we get wa ... more |
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Why collect asteroid samples Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 13, 2025  China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamo?oalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose spa ... more |
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New analysis upends belief that asteroid Vesta has planetary interior East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 30, 2025  For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid. They concluded that Vesta has a crust, mantle and core - fundamental ... more |
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Ancient Scottish meteorite strike rewrites timeline of life on land Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 30, 2025  New research from Curtin University has dated a massive meteorite strike in northwestern Scotland to 990 million years ago, 200 million years later than previously thought. This discovery reshapes t ... more |
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Carbon reactions during impacts reveal why meteorites seem less shocked Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 2025 A mystery that has puzzled planetary scientists for three decades-why carbon-bearing meteorites appear less damaged by impacts than their carbon-poor counterparts-has been solved by researchers at K ... more |
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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2025  In its second asteroid encounter, NASA's Lucy spacecraft obtained a close look at a uniquely shaped fragment of an asteroid that formed about 150 million years ago. The spacecraft has begun returnin ... more |
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A little bit of space on Earth Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2025  There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar envelopes, or galactic gas clouds. One great challenge in astrochemistry is to u ... more |