Colloquium – Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts

Colloquium – Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts Debris from asteroids and comets continually bombards the Earth. Large impacts launch ejecta on trajectories that transport it thousands of kilometers from the impact site. These events are recorded in discrete layers...

ICCUB Colloquia: Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts

ICCUB Colloquia: Reading the Record of Ancient Impacts 2013-10-28 00:00:00 Date: 28 Oct 2013Speaker: Peter Goldreich (Caltech)Host: ICCUBPlace: Aula Magna (Facultat de Física UB)Abstract:Debris from asteroids and comets continually bombards the Earth. Large impacts...
Gaia sunshield deployment test successful

Gaia sunshield deployment test successful

Gaia sunshield deployment test successful 2013-10-21 00:00:00 Ahead of its launch on 20 November 2013, Gaia has passed its critical sunshield deployment test. The sunshield has been fabricated by the Spanish company SENER. During the test at Europe’s spaceport in...