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Water Ice Found On Dwarf Planet Ceres, Hidden in Permanent Shadow
Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Just like the moon and Mercury, Ceres has cold pockets of perpetual darkness on its surface where researchers have now detected ice.
Planetary Resources And Luxembourg target 2020 asteroid mining mission
Posted in Hardware on 20th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
Core hardware and software technologies developed at Planetary Resources were tested on orbit last year.
Asteroid strike made 'instant Himalayas'
Posted in Science on 19th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
At one stage, a mountain higher than Everest was thrown up before collapsing back into a smaller range of peaks.
NASA's New 'Intruder Alert' System Spots An Incoming Asteroid
Posted in Science on 31st Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
It's constantly scanning data from telescopes to see if there are any reports of so-called Near Earth Objects.
NASA asteroid probe may find clues to origins of life on Earth
Posted in Science on 11th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Water ice and organic materials, which are key compounds that may have made Earth habitable or even given life its start.