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According to the latest readings sent back by a NASA spacecraft orbiting the innermost planet in our solar system, it would appear that water-ice may exist underneath a thin layer of regolith, hidden in permanently-obscured craters at the north pole of Mercury.
The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry an... |
23 March 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Planetary scientists say that the giant asteroid Vesta may contain large amounts of water-ice, which may be able to endure there for billions of years. The conclusion came from a new analysis of the protoplanet's surface, as well as its average temperatures.
The NASA Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting Vesta sin... |
26 January 2012
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In order to be able to observed some of the most interesting (and obscured) areas of the Moon, a team of astronomers recently decided to use Lyman Alpha Emission (LAE) investigations to see permanently shadowed regions (PSR) on the lunar surface. These areas are interesting precisely because they remain obscured at a... |
20 January 2012
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Having access to large water supplies will be one of the main issues of future manned missions to Mars. But a group of explorers could easily settle the area near Phlegra Montes without having to worry about water. The area, recently revisited by Mars Express, would take care of them.
Data collected from orbit indic... |
2 December 2011
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Recent studies conducted on the small object called Snow White revealed that the small world may still retain some faint traces of a former atmosphere. Some astronomers classify this world as a dwarf planet, although the debate as to what exactly this object is is still ongoing.
Past investigations conducted on the... |
20 October 2011
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Using data from a spacecraft in orbit around Earth's natural satellite, researchers at the American space agency announce the creation of the first high-resolution, highly-detailed map of the lunar north pole. The area, now visible in a manner that cannot be observed from the surface of the planet directly, has ... |
9 September 2011
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When the dwarf planet 2007 OR10 was discovered four years ago, experts nicknamed it Snow White due to the fact that it has an icy surface. Now, investigators in the United States determined that the small trans-Neptunian object is also covered in a very thin film of methane.Astronomers based at the California Institu... |
23 August 2011
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the Mars Express orbiter has recently sent back a new set of images, which are centered on parts of the Red Planet's northern hemisphere. The photos were snapped precisely during the summer solstice on our neighboring planet. Some of them cover the pla... |
5 August 2011
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A group of investigators proposes that the craters located at the lunar poles may be charged to hundred of volts, due to the effects of solar winds flowing above. The streams of charged particles slam into the natural obstructions produced by the edges of craters, triggering the phenomenon.The new calculations were p... |
6 June 2011
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Gaining access to water and other volatile resources would be one of the most important first steps that future lunar colonists would need to deal with upon arriving at the Moon. The European Space Agency is planning a new mission to the lunar surface, whose goal would be to pave the way for explorers.The Lunar Lande... |
1 June 2011
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Astronomers consider the volcanic Jovian moon Io to be one of the prime candidates for the existence of life in the solar system, in places other than Earth. Experts believe that the environment on the small celestial body is similar to that of our planet, in its distant past. Io is widely considered to be the most v... |
4 April 2011
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On April 4, the first spacecraft ever to orbit the innermost planet in the solar system will begin its science mission. Experts hope that the suite of instruments aboard the probe will help them get more insight into some of the things that have puzzled astronomers for years.
Chiefly among those is whether the pl... |
31 March 2011
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A team of geologists and planetary scientists announces the discovery of water-ice deposits at latitudes as low as 25 degrees. The discoveries, made on the Red Planet, provide new hope that a potential manned mission to the Red Planet is possible.The finding is extremely important, because future space explorers woul... |
8 March 2011
07:59 GMT |
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Since the existence of water-ice at the Martian poles was confirmed, experts have been thinking of ways of exploiting this resource for space exploration. Now, it would seem that this no longer needs astronauts to land at the planet's poles, as water-ice was discovered closer to the equator as well.Until now, th... |
28 January 2011
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There is currently no doubt in people's minds that we will someday end up exploiting the Moon for resources, and some believe that that day may come sooner than anyone expected. Still, experts say that legal issues are still a challenge in this area, and that future companies need to solve this issue first. Thi... |
19 January 2011
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According to a panel of space experts, scientists and engineers, the Moon should be our first stop in the quest to start mining the solar system for precious resources. Our natural satellite won the “competition” over Mars and near-Earth objects (NEO) primarily because it features other resources as well,... |
1 November 2010
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Investigators have found in a new study that certain areas of the Moon are wetter than locations on Earth. A polar crater on the natural satellite was found to contain more water ice than the Sahara desert. The Cabeus crater was the primary target of an investigation that was carried out last year, in October. The Lu... |
22 October 2010
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Researchers have recently developed an impressive geological map of the Schrödinger Basin on the surface of the Moon, one of the most renowned features our natural satellite has. Now, the landscape feature features a new, camouflage-colored appearance, which allows geologists to make more sense of the changes th... |
31 August 2010
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Astronomers announced yesterday, April 28, that they managed to identify signs of water-ice on an asteroid for the first time ever. The finding is extremely important for our understanding of how Earth evolved shortly after it was formed. If more such space rocks are found carrying the precious stuff, then this would... |
29 April 2010
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With NASA planning to returning to the Moon over the next couple of decades, finding out the exact conditions astronauts and space exploration equipment will have to endure on the celestial body is of the utmost importance. But a new study shows just how difficult it is to think of everything. The research reveals th... |
27 April 2010
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Recent investigations by NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) satellite have revealed in late 2009 that massive amounts of water-ice can be found at the lunar south pole. Though the area experiences extremely cold temperatures, and the craters there are among the coolest places in the s... |
31 March 2010
06:48 GMT |
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A recent investigation into datasets collected by a small NASA radar instrument revealed that existence of more than 40 craters at the north pole of the Moon that could be holding water-ice. The finding is of epic proportions, especially when considering that the LCROSS impactor made similar discoveries for water-ice... |
2 March 2010
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The Phoenix lander mission to the Red Planet arrived in the northern regions of Mars in 2008, and immediately started conducting its studies, which were aimed at discovering water-ice beneath the surface. It didn't take long for it to discover the stuff, as, during landing, its “feet” dug into ice on... |
18 November 2009
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On October 9, NASA slammed its $79-million LCROSS space probe into the surface of the Moon, in a quest for discovering water-ice in the Cabeus Crater at the south pole. At the time, as the world watched this endeavor live, the impact crater and the ejection plume that the spent Centaurus rocket stage created as it im... |
14 November 2009
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Over the past week, debate has raged on whether or not scientific observations of the plume emitted by the Centaurus upper rocket stage upon slamming into the Moon last Friday will be visible or not. Some have argued that the calculations on which the mission was founded were flawed, while others said that the instru... |
17 October 2009
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The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission that slammed into the Moon exactly one week ago may have been destined to fail since its early days, some scientists are beginning to believe. The mission is not a failure in itself, but critics say that it was a mistake to expect that a huge plume o... |
16 October 2009
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This Friday, October 9, could very well represent one of the most historically significant dates in human history. It may be the time when we determine for sure that water-ice reserves exist at the lunar south pole, a find that would have considerable implications for space exploration and for our future among the st... |
7 October 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Even before lunar probes concluded that water-ice had to exist on the surface of the Moon, engineers at NASA had been studying how to obtain water from the bare space rock. Now that investigations have shown that ice can, indeed, be found on at least several locations, those visions for human exploration have been pu... |
30 September 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency NASA announced yesterday that they had switched the target crater for the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft, from Cabeus A to the larger, nearby Cabeus. Upon closer reviews of the proposed crash site, in photos provided by a number of lunar missi... |
29 September 2009
01:39 GMT |
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The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to the Moon launched on the same Atlas V rocket as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and it is currently circling the Earth's natural satellite, waiting to drop its payload to the surface. It carries with it an empty Centaur rocket stage, ... |
14 September 2009
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