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In 2029, a large asteroid will whizz past Earth so close it’ll be visible to the naked eye, but thankfully models of its orbit rule out an impact in the next century. But could collisions with other asteroids bounce it off-course into us? To find out, … Continue reading Cosmic billiards: 1.3 million asteroid paths check for 2029 impact
When NASA’s DART deep space probe smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it didn’t leave a crater. Instead, there was a splash, where the asteroid was distorted like a jelly as its entire structure shifted.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NA… Continue reading Asteroid-redirecting DART probe made a splash slamming into Dimorphos
On January 21, 2024, a meteor disintegrated over Germany near Berlin. That’s not so unusual, but NASA was able to give warning of its approach 95 minutes before impact thanks to the space agency’s international planetary defense network.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA gives 95-minute warning as meteor burns up outside Berlin
How long does it take a team of rocket scientists to remove two screws? When the screws they’re working on are keeping a priceless sample of asteroid safe, it’s about …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 14, 2024
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule screamed its way through the upper atmosphere, it marked the first time the space agency had brought material from an asteroid back to Earth. …read more Continue reading NASA Blames Probe Chute Failure on Wire Labels
You can breathe easy and take the sticky tape off the windows because the solar system won’t be hit by the rogue white dwarf WD 0810-353 in 29,000 years. ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows that early calculations were a bit off.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Disaster averted! Rogue star will not collide with us in 29,000 years
NASA’s asteroid-exploring spacecraft Lucy has made its first up-close observations – and discovered something completely unexpected. The asteroid Dinkinesh not only has a small satellite orbiting it, but that mini-moon is made up of two objects stuck t… Continue reading NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovers unexpected satellite-orbiting asteroid
A giant asteroid is credited for killing off the dinosaurs, but it wasn’t the rock alone – the cascading effects of the impact destroyed Earth’s livability for millennia. Now scientists have identified a new factor, in fine silicate dust that hung in t… Continue reading Scientists identify new accomplice in death of the dinosaurs – dust
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has begun to pay dividends as the space agency releases the first preliminary results of the sample return mission from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu, showing the presence of a high carbon content and water – the primary bui… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples hold the building blocks of life
NASA’s deep-space probe to an estimated US$10-quadrillion metal-rich asteroid is on its way. The Psyche mission lifted off on October 13 at 10:19 am EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.Co… Continue reading NASA mission to US$10-quadrillion asteroid lifts off