Tag: Comets/Asteroids

Credit: J. Tennyson The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is pleased to announce the launch of its first new journal in ...

Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / D. Jewitt (UCLA) A serendipitous flythrough of the tail of a disintegrated comet ...

National Space Society recognizes accomplishments in opening the space frontierCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- July 12, 2021 -- ...

Researchers use unusual meteorite to gain insight into our solar system's past, presentCredit: Ryan Ogliore, Washington University in St. Louis ...

Combining atomic-scale sample analysis and models simulating likely conditions in the nascent solar system, the study revealed clues about the ...

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative radio frequency (RF) solutions that connect the world, ...

Credit: Yasui et al. (2021) A research group from Kobe University has demonstrated that the heat generated by the impact ...

Credit: ESO/P.Guzik/M.Drahus Unbound nickel atoms and other heavy elements have been observed in very hot cosmic environments, including the atmospheres ...

Credit: I. Saviane/ESO Part of the world-wide effort to scan and identify near-Earth objects, the European Space Agency's Test-Bed Telescope ...

Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the early solar systemCredit: Dr. Akira ...

Credit: Photo by NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists were ...

Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass ...

Research team led by the University of Göttingen discovers crater floor sagging from bowl-shaped volcanic ash layerCredit: Gernot Arp, University ...

Credit: Kyoto Sangyo University The world's first ground-based observations of the bare nucleus of a comet nearing the end of ...

Credit: Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it ...

Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut New observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) indicate that the rogue comet ...

Credit: Lucy Entwisle Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge ...

Photon origins tracked to Cygnus OB2 star-forming regionCredit: TeV: Binita Hona (HAWC Collaboration), IR: Hora et. al, Spitzer's Growing Legacy, ...

Unique technique may help planetary defense prepare for asteroids on a collision course with EarthCredit: Credit: Arecibo Observatory/Israel Cabrera Using ...

Tyler Robinson recognized for academic leadership, research quality and innovationCredit: Northern Arizona University A Northern Arizona University astronomer who studies ...