Topic: asteroids
NASA launches DART mission to crash into asteroid, results could help defend Earth some day
The DART mission will crash a space probe into the asteroid Dimorphos to test human capability to protect the planet against near earth objects.
This quasi-satellite of Earth could actually be a piece of Moon, astronomers say
Quasi-satellites are asteroids that orbit the Sun with orbital period similar to that of the Earth’s. From Earth’s perspective, they appear to orbit the Earth instead.
Asteroid with shortest orbital period in solar system spotted & human DNA from 7,200 years ago
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Water vapour found in Ganymede’s atmosphere & the origin of the asteroid that killed dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs were already in decline before the asteroid wiped them out
Many palaeontologists believe that if the dinosaurs had survived, primates and therefore humans would never have appeared on Earth.
Earth-like planet discovered 26 light years away, with an atmosphere
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Why we’re never going to mine the asteroid belt
People are shooting for the stars, but those who declined to fund the expansive plans of the nascent space mining industry were right about the fundamentals.
Celestial fireworks tonight as Geminids meteor shower set to peak
The meteor shower is intensifying every year, and is best viewed between 2 am and 3 am.
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft returns samples of asteroid Ryugu to Earth
Samples of both surface dust and material from below the surface of asteroid Ryugu were collected. These are likely to give insights into the evolution of our solar system.
Indian Ocean once had world’s most continuously-active volcanic province, find scientists
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World’s still stuck with a ‘Delta wave’ hangover. For Omicron, we need to stick to basics
Booster shots are like trying to stop a fire by pouring a mug of water repeatedly at one spot. Ensuring everyone is vaccinated is better in the long run.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.