Hackaday Links: October 8, 2023
Too much of a good thing is generally a bad thing, but a surfeit of asteroid material is probably a valid exception to that rule. Such was NASA’s plight as …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 8, 2023
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission lands safely in Utah
After a two-and-a-half-year astral trek and seven years since lift off, asteroid samples from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer OS(IRIS-REx) have been brought down to Earth.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission lands safely in Utah
NASA installs laser communication system on Psyche asteroid probe
When NASA’s Psyche probe launches in October on its mission to a metal asteroid as much as 309 million miles (497 million km) from Earth, it will be carrying a new laser communications system that promises to revolutionize deep space missions.Continue … Continue reading NASA installs laser communication system on Psyche asteroid probe
NASA probe knocked boulders from asteroid after cosmic collision
After focussing on an asteroid that was struck in 2022 by a half-tonne NASA robotic probe traveling over seven times faster than a bullet, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected a swarm of 37 boulders that were dislodged by the impact.Continue Reading… Continue reading NASA probe knocked boulders from asteroid after cosmic collision
Table salt found in asteroid shakes up how water surfaced on Earth
Researchers just can’t seem to keep their hands off asteroid Itokawa, and with good reason. Following on from the discovery of pyroxene, which contains water in its crystal structure, in a sample taken from the stony space mass, another team at the Uni… Continue reading Table salt found in asteroid shakes up how water surfaced on Earth
NASA gives go for launch of mission to $10-quadrillion asteroid
NASA has given the okay to its long-delayed US$985 million Psyche deep-space mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also called Psyche, that may be worth as much as $10 quadrillion, or 90 times the world’s entire $110-trillion economy.Continue Readi… Continue reading NASA gives go for launch of mission to $10-quadrillion asteroid
ESA tests tiny instrument to measure asteroid’s tiny gravity
When ESA’s Juventas CubeSat lands on Dimorphos in 2026 to assess the aftermath of last year’s spectacular collisions with NASA’s DART spacecraft, its GRAvimeter for small Solar System bodies (GRASS) instrument will directly measure the asteroid’s gravi… Continue reading ESA tests tiny instrument to measure asteroid’s tiny gravity
Webb confirms water in weird comet, but something else is missing
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor on an object in the asteroid belt, a region of the solar system where it wasn’t known to survive. The new observations also reveal something missing unexpectedly.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, S… Continue reading Webb confirms water in weird comet, but something else is missing
This strange blue asteroid has another big surprise for us
This space-rock oddity has long puzzled scientists for its rather non-asteroid-like behaviors, and it’s just revealed yet another curious characteristic.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Asteroid, NASA, California Institute of Technology, S… Continue reading This strange blue asteroid has another big surprise for us
Asteroid Ryugu provides clues about beginnings of life on Earth
Samples taken from the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu continue to provide scientists with important insights, this time about the potential beginnings of life on our planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Space exploration, Hayabusa 2, … Continue reading Asteroid Ryugu provides clues about beginnings of life on Earth