Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in Luxembourg by the end of the year – and will think about expanding...
Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners go international, starting with Luxembourg
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Direct measurement of thermal conductivity in solid iron at planetary core conditions
The conduction of heat through minerals and melts at extreme pressures and temperatures is of central importance to the evolution and dynamics of planets. In the cooling Earth’s core, the thermal conductivity of iron alloys defines the adiabatic heat flux and therefore the thermal and compositional energy available to support the production of Earth’s magnetic field via dynamo action. Attempts to describe thermal transport...
Direct measurement of thermal conductivity in solid iron at planetary core conditions
The conduction of heat through minerals and melts at extreme pressures and temperatures is of central importance to the evolution and dynamics of planets. In the cooling Earth’s core, the thermal conductivity of iron alloys defines the adiabatic heat flux and therefore the thermal and compositional energy available to support the production of Earth’s magnetic field via dynamo action. Attempts to describe thermal transport...
Planetary science: Pluto’s polygons explained
The Sputnik Planum basin of Pluto contains a sheet of nitrogen ice, the surface of which is divided into irregular polygons tens of kilometres across. Two studies reveal that vigorous convection causes these polygons. See Letters p.79 & 82
Nature 534 40 doi: 10.1038/534040a
Bayer partners with Planetary Resources to use satellite images for agricultural products
German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer today inked a memorandum of understanding with Planetary Resources as part of a deal to utilize satellite images collected by the...
‘Space selfie’ project canceled: Planetary Resources offers Kickstarter refunds
REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $ ...
Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel
Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV crew gets an inside look at the asteroid-mining venture. The Weather Channel shared such a look over the weekend – including a...
Planetary science: How the Solar System didn’t form
Standard planet-formation models have been unable to reconstruct the distributions of the Solar System's small, rocky planets and asteroids in the same simulation. A new analysis suggests that it cannot be done.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16322
Planetary science: How the Solar System didn’t form
Standard planet-formation models have been unable to reconstruct the distributions of the Solar System's small, rocky planets and asteroids in the same simulation. A new analysis suggests that it cannot be done.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16322