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New Way to Make Plasma Propulsion Lighter and More Efficient
A new study from a team of British and French physicists presents a concept for plasma thrusters that are both…
Ceres Prank Lands Bart Simpson In Detention For Eternity
Researchers studying landslide on the surface of Ceres have noticed one with a distinctly Bart Simpson-like appearance.
Ceres Provides First Detection Of Life’s Building Blocks In Asteroid Belt
A new study by an international team of scientists uses data provided by the Dawn probe to show that conditions…
Ice, Ice Everywhere, says New Study on Ceres
A series of new studies show that Ceres is a lot more icy than previously thought, which also points towards…
How Long Does it Take to get to the Asteroid Belt?
Just how long would it take to get to the Asteroid Belt, in the event that we want to start…
How Do We Terraform Ceres?
It is possible that we could someday transform Ceres, the largest object in the Asteroid Belt, to make it friendly…
NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Missions
NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) system that will serve as…
Landslides and Bright Craters on Ceres Revealed in Marvelous New Images from Dawn
Now in orbit for just over a year at dwarf planet Ceres, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues to astound us with…
Dawn Unveils New Bright Features on Ceres in Striking Close-Ups
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has unveiled a new patch of intriguing bright features in the most recent series of striking close-up…
What is the Asteroid Belt?
In the 18th century, observations made of all the known planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) led astronomers…