Collaborate Disseminate
The rest of the media were reporting on an asteroid named 16 Psyche last month worth $10 quintillion. Oddly enough they reported in July 2019 and again in February 2018 that the same asteroid was worth $700 quintillion, so it seems the space rock market is similar to cryptocurrency in …read more
Last week, the Earth had its closest shave with an asteroid ever recorded, when a small space rock skimmed just 370 km (230 miles) above the surface. For comparison, that’s closer than the orbit of the International Space Station.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Earth’s nearest miss on record as small asteroid zips by closer than ISS
There are plenty of rocks floating around the solar system, but Apophis has attracted more than its share of attention due to several projected close shaves with Earth in the coming decades. While most impacts have now been ruled out, a previously-over… Continue reading Asteroid’s drifting orbit may impact chance of 2068 collision with Earth
NASA engineers have successfully stowed the leaking sampler head containing material from the asteroid Bennu inside the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsu… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx successfully stows leaking asteroid sampler
Images returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid explorer have confirmed that the spacecraft’s sample collector head is slowly leaking some of the material it gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020.Continue ReadingCategory: Sp… Continue reading OSIRIS-REx is leaking asteroid samples due to jammed lid
On Tuesday this week, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of asteroid Bennu to snatch a sample of the ancient pristine rock, and took off again. And now NASA has released images and video from the robot’s perspective.Contin… Continue reading Watch the moment OSIRIS-REx tagged an asteroid to collect samples
In a truly remarkable feat of engineering, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has scooped a sample of soil from the surface of asteroid Bennu, as it hurtles through space some 205 million miles from Earth. The spacecraft successfully touched the asteroid Bennu on Tuesd… Continue reading NASA’s OSIRIS-REx collects sample from surface of asteroid Bennu
After a four year trek through deep space, OSIRIS-REx made history this evening as it became the first NASA spacecraft to try and collect a surface sample from an asteroid (Editor’s note: servers may be down due to the breaking news). Once sensors verify the collected material is safely onboard, …read more
Continue reading OSIRIS-REx Reaches Out and Touches Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe has been in orbit around asteroid Bennu for almost two years now, providing us with an unparalleled look at the surface of an asteroid. But what lurks below? New findings from its gravity field suggest Bennu’s core is less dense… Continue reading Central void may be tearing asteroid Bennu apart
Hardly a week goes by without a headline screaming about some asteroid or another making a close approach to Earth; it’s only by reading the fine print that we remember what an astronomer’s definition of “close” means. Still, 2020 being what it is, it pays to stay on top of …read more