Comet probe may shed light on Earth’s pastScience News for StudentsHe’s the Rosetta project scientist at the European Space Agency’s Science and Technology Center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Studying the geology and chemistry of comets, he says, could give clues…
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Comet probe may shed light on Earth's past – Science News for Students
Fox News Comet probe may shed light on Earth’s pastScience News for StudentsHe’s the Rosetta project scientist at the European Space Agency’s Science and Technology Center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Studying the geology and chemistry of comets, he says, could…
New Horizons set to wake up for Pluto encounter – Phys.Org
Phys.Org New Horizons set to wake up for Pluto encounterPhys.OrgNew Horizons team members will give an overview of these preparations, as well as the science plans for the Pluto encounter, today at the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences…
Philae lander reveals stunning, unsettling view of comet – Science News
Science News Philae lander reveals stunning, unsettling view of cometScience NewsThe acrobatics provide a major piece of information that scientists currently lack in the characterization of comets: a comet’s surface gravity, said planetary scientist Tony Farnham of the University of…
Philae lander reveals stunning, unsettling view of comet – Science News
Science News Philae lander reveals stunning, unsettling view of cometScience NewsThe acrobatics provide a major piece of information that scientists currently lack in the characterization of comets: a comet’s surface gravity, said planetary scientist Tony Farnham of the University of…
Earth's Age and the Cosmic Calendar – Scientific American (blog)
Scientific American (blog) Earth’s Age and the Cosmic CalendarScientific American (blog)They proposed that stars were almost eternal (Jeans proposed an age of 10^13 years) and only planets were formed over time (so geologists could use any age without getting into…
Earth's Age and the Cosmic Calendar – Scientific American (blog)
Scientific American (blog) Earth’s Age and the Cosmic CalendarScientific American (blog)They proposed that stars were almost eternal (Jeans proposed an age of 10^13 years) and only planets were formed over time (so geologists could use any age without getting into…
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on Mars – ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on MarsScienceBlog.com (blog)An international group of specialists in the field of planetary sciences has found strong evidence that lava flows on Mars may also host base and precious metals. The Martian surface geology is dominated…
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on Mars – ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Frontiers in mineral exploration: Mining on MarsScienceBlog.com (blog)An international group of specialists in the field of planetary sciences has found strong evidence that lava flows on Mars may also host base and precious metals. The Martian surface geology is dominated…
Mankind's first comet landing – KLTV
Mankind’s first comet landingKLTV“That’s a pretty incredible technological achievement,” said Paul Buchanan, an instructor of geology at Kilgore College. He finds it amazing a craft launched in 2004 actually caught up with and landed on a comet, especially considering it…