The Solar System has a new confirmed comet, after repeated observations of candidate 456P/PANSTARRS showed it is an active, icy body. The object, discovered in 2021 and given the temporary name ...
Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. Comet P/2016 BA14 (Pan-STARRS) isn’t your average space snowball and it knows how to make an entrance. At first 2016 BA14 was ...
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid belt ...
After collecting samples from Kamoʻoalewa, Tianwen-2 will return them to Earth and then set course for its second target, the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. This comet is located in the asteroid ...
After delivering samples to Earth, the spacecraft will use our planet for a gravitational slingshot maneuver and set it on a course for main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. The sample phase is ...
"Can you see the flag the astronauts left there?" This then leads to a discussion on how far the Moon is, versus the ...