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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu has already brought about a series of landmark moments for space exploration, not least of which is the fact that the rock currently stands as the smallest object ever orbited by a spacecraft. N… Continue reading NASA probe enters the tightest orbit ever around a planetary object
Although it looks like a boring, barren place, the Moon is home to some pretty amazing landmarks. The South Pole-Aitken basin, for example, is the largest impact crater in the solar system, measuring about 2,500 km (1,550 mi) across at its widest point. And now scientists have detected something strange buried under the crater.
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Continue Reading Huge metallic anomaly detected buried beneath the Moon’s largest crater
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Continue reading Huge metallic anomaly detected buried beneath the Moon's largest crater
Our solar system has several “belts” of rocky planetesimals that are essentially the crumbs left over from the formation of the planets and moons. But new research suggests some of them could actually be alien, captured during close flybys wi… Continue reading Close encounter with alien star could explain ’Oumuamua, debunk Planet Nine
The December 18 fireball created the biggest airburst since the Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013. Continue reading A Meteor More Powerful Than 10 Atomic Bombs Exploded Over the Bering Sea
It’s one of 19 asteroids that have been detected within Earth’s orbit. Continue reading Scientists Discover the Closest Known Asteroid to the Sun
InSight is the first Mars mission to focus on the red planet’s interior, and will drill a hole five meters into its surface. Continue reading NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars
Research partially funded by Carlsberg beer company found an asteroid impact underneath Greenland’s Hiawatha Glacier. Continue reading Scientists Discover Hidden Asteroid Crater Under a Mile of Greenland Ice
A letter from Harvard University scholars asserts that the blunt-shaped ‘Oumuamua object may be an alien probe, but the scientists who rolled the spliff are killing the buzz. Continue reading Scientists Who Discovered Blunt-Shaped Asteroid Say It Is Almost Definitely Not Aliens
TL;DR – Very, very gently.
Exploiting the resources of the rock-strewn expanse of space between Mars and the outer planets has been the stuff of science fiction for ages. There’s gold in them ‘thar space rocks, or diamonds, or platinum, or something that makes them attractive targets for capitalists and scientists alike. But before actually extracting the riches of the asteroid belt, stuck here as we are at the bottom of a very deep gravity well that’s very expensive to climb out of, we have to answer a few questions. Like, how does one rendezvous with an asteroid? What’s involved …read more
TL;DR – Very, very gently.
Exploiting the resources of the rock-strewn expanse of space between Mars and the outer planets has been the stuff of science fiction for ages. There’s gold in them ‘thar space rocks, or diamonds, or platinum, or something that makes them attractive targets for capitalists and scientists alike. But before actually extracting the riches of the asteroid belt, stuck here as we are at the bottom of a very deep gravity well that’s very expensive to climb out of, we have to answer a few questions. Like, how does one rendezvous with an asteroid? What’s involved …read more