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Fresh evidence for how water reached Earth found in asteroid debris

Posted in Science on 10th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Water delivery via asteroids or comets is likely taking place in many other planetary systems, just as it happened on Earth.

Asteroid-Mining Company to Deploy 1st Satellite This Summer

Posted in Science on 9th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Planetary Resources' Arkyd-3R probe currently sits aboard the International Space Station and is scheduled to be deployed sometime in July.

NASA aims to capture and bring back an asteroid boulder by 2025

Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

In 10 years, our moon many get a tiny new moon.

Giant Asteroid Collision May Have Radically Transformed Mars

Posted in Science on 3rd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new study suggests that Mars was once hit by an asteroid so large that it melted nearly half of the planets surface.

How Off-World Mining Could Pay for Our First Space Colony

Posted in Science on 18th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Many of us dream of living on other planets, but are two things we'll need before it can actually happen: money and raw materials.