A Crescent Mars
The sight of the crescent Moon hanging in the sky above Earth is a familiar one, but this image taken by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft as it…
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Voyager 2 Thirty Five Years On
Thirty-five years ago today, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to…
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Space Bugs for Blood Testing
Thanks to ideas of putting swarms of tiny robot bugs to work on a future space station, patients being medicated for blood clots may soon get…
Read the articleVoyager 1 Approaches the Edge of Interstellar Space
Two of three key signs of changes expected to occur at the boundary of interstellar space have changed faster than at any other time in the…
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Scientists Discover Pioneer Probe Anomaly Is Caused by Heat
The unexpected slowing of NASA’s Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft – the so-called “Pioneer Anomaly” – turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable…
Read the articleVoyager 1 May Be About to Enter Interstellar Space
For nearly 35 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has been hurtling toward the edge of the solar system, flying through the dark void on a mission…
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Mining Asteroids With Planetary Resources – Progress So Far
Just received this statement from Planetary Resources about what’s been happening since they announced the formation of their company a few weeks ago, so things are…
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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Vesta’s Secrets
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and kinship with terrestrial…
Read the articlePlanetary Resources Reveals Its Asteroid Mining Plans
Seattle, Wash. – April 24, 2012 — Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious…
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Planetary Resources Plans to Mine Asteroids for Precious Metals and Build Gas Stations in Space
Following on from my post a couple of days ago about how a number of Tech Billionaires and high-flyers have gotten together to create a private…
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