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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
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Back in September, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a potential planetary defense technique. To mark the publication of four new scientific papers that confirm the method works, NASA has now released a video of the impact… Continue reading Hubble captures timelapse video of DART spacecraft impacting asteroid
Although astronomers are tracking most of the largest and deadliest asteroids in our solar system, there’s one glaring blindspot in the sky – the vicinity of the Sun. Thankfully, ESA plans to plug the gap soon with NEOMIR, a mission that will give us a… Continue reading New space mission will watch for hazardous asteroids hidden by the Sun
Earlier this week, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) antenna array in Alaska transmitted a series of long-wavelength radio signals to an asteroid that was passing just two lunar distances away from the Earth. The thinking is th… Continue reading Radio waves from Alaska could add to asteroid-defense strategy
The collision between NASA’s DART spacecraft and the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos was always going to be a spectacle. By analyzing data from telescopes and tiny satellites lurking nearby, scientists are now piecing together some fascinating new details a… Continue reading NASA’s asteroid-slamming spacecraft dislodged 2 million lb of debris
Asteroid Launcher lets you throw a space rock at any place on the planet and chart the ensuing chaos. Continue reading This Interactive Map Will Show You How Screwed You Are If We’re Hit by an Asteroid
Asteroid Launcher lets you throw a space rock at any place on the planet and chart the ensuing chaos. Continue reading This Interactive Map Will Show You How Screwed You Are If We’re Hit by an Asteroid
There was a comedian in the 1980s who always said he grew up in a tough neighborhood. He claimed they played cops and robbers with real cops. They played gin …read more Continue reading In My Neighborhood, We Played Asteroids…with Real Asteroids
Astronomers have discovered a trio of new near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including the closest known to the Sun. Another is one of the largest known asteroids considered potentially hazardous to Earth, measuring almost a mile wide with an orbit that may … Continue reading Huge potentially hazardous asteroid discovered hiding in Sun’s glare