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12/12/2024
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By Zoey Sky
NASA is hiding crucial details about asteroids that could THREATEN Earth, warns senior SETI Institute astronomer
On Dec. 3, a 70-cm asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded over Siberia. The event underscored the risks posed by larger asteroids, which could cause significant damage or even global disasters. NASA and ESA monitor Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) but cannot cover the entire sky due to limited resources. The Siberian asteroid was detected just seven […]
12/06/2024
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By Cassie B.
NASA only provided a 7-hour warning before asteroid collided with Earth
An asteroid collided with Earth and burned up in the atmosphere this week, but the real headline here is how little warning we had when it happened. The incident took place on Tuesday over eastern Siberia, where residents saw a show of lights as the falling rock streaked over a river in Olyokminsk. Its bright […]
03/22/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Ryugu asteroid holds building blocks of life older than the solar system
Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, which is located between Earth and Mars, show it holds several building blocks of life that are older than the solar system itself. The samples were obtained by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft and returned to Earth in December 2020. The samples from the asteroid that were more than […]
01/25/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Winchombe meteorite that crashed on driveway found to contain the building blocks of life
The Winchcombe meteorite, which crash-landed on a driveway in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England in 2021 and was pristine enough to rival asteroid samples taken directly from space, contains amino acids that likely led to the spawning of life on Earth. An analysis of the meteorite, headed by Dr. Queenie Chan from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal […]
01/17/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Space hazards: 8 Huge asteroids made closest approach to Earth in the first 14 days of 2023
Many asteroids are classified as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and considered as the biggest threats to humanity. In technical terms, a NEO is any small solar system body whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth. Not all NEOs pose a threat to the planet, but the large ones always raise concern. These objects may sometimes come […]
10/08/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
NASA details complex mission to collect rock samples from asteroid Bennu
In just a few weeks, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be making history as it attempts to collect its first rock samples from an asteroid. The autonomous spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will be touching down briefly on the asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Through its robotic arm, it will scoop rocks on the landing site Nightingale, a 52-foot […]
10/01/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Free fuel for satellites: Large asteroids close to Earth could be mined for water, suggest researchers
It appears the Moon isn’t the best option for mining water in space. Recent research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets found that asteroids close to Earth may be rich in water, making them better candidates for space mining. Researchers identified several of these asteroids and said that they are easier to reach than the Moon. Most of these near-Earth objects (NEOs) […]
08/05/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
British company to launch a space mission in 2027 to mine multi-trillion dollar asteroid
The Asteroid Mining Corporation in Britan bared plans to mine a nearby asteroid in 2027. CEO Mitch Hunter-Scullion, who founded the company in March 2016, aims to advance the Third Industrial Revolution with asteroid mining. He considers the project as the “single greatest economic opportunity in human history.” In particular, Hunter-Scullion’s team will target Asteroid 1986 DA. Previous research found that the […]
02/07/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
NASA presents new images of dwarf planet Ceres: Digital renders show a mountain “unlike anything humanity has seen before”
Constructed images from NASA reveal an “ice mountain” on Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The pictures were taken by the now-retired NASA spacecraft Dawn back in 2015. The images of Ceres it transmitted featured mysterious “bright spots” on the surface of the dwarf planet. One of these spots is the ice mountain, […]
01/30/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
NASA’s Mars orbiter takes a breathtaking photo of a 50-foot crater; impact could have occurred between 2016 to 2019, say experts
NASA has captured what appears to be a new 50-foot wide impact crater on the surface of Mars. Onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), a spacecraft circling and taking photographs of the Red Planet, NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument – a 143-pound camera – snapped a picture of a new crater, which researchers have […]
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