Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, as illustrated in this artist’s conception. January 22, 2014 Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water… Read More ›
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Is Europa habitable?
Contact: Bill Schappert bschappert@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News Defining the scientific goals of a NASA mission to explore Jupiter’s moon New Rochelle, NY, August 7, 2013—Europa, the ice-covered moon of the planet Jupiter, may be able to… Read More ›
Mars has Front-Row Seat for 2014 Comet
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1), discovered in January and now inbound from the Oort Cloud, promises to put on a spectacular show in October 2014 — for the spacecraft on and around Mars. . We’re just a couple weeks away… Read More ›