Science Codex Asteroid diversity points to a ‘snow globe’ solar systemScience Codex“We found that the giant planets shook up the asteroids like flakes in a snow globe,” says lead author Francesca DeMeo, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center…
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Asteroids Scarred by Solar System's Violent Youth – Discovery News
Space.com Asteroids Scarred by Solar System’s Violent YouthDiscovery NewsArtist’s impression of Jupiter’s migration through the solar system, sweeping asteroids out of stable orbits, sending them careening into one another. As the gas giant planets migrated, they stirred the contents of…
Asteroid Diversity Points to a "Snow Globe" Solar System – Space Fellowship
Space Fellowship Asteroid Diversity Points to a “Snow Globe” Solar SystemSpace FellowshipIn this artist’s conception, Jupiter’s migration through the solar system has swept asteroids out of stable orbits, sending them careening into one another. As the gas giant planets migrated,…
'Rogue' asteroids may be the norm – MIT News
Space.com ‘Rogue’ asteroids may be the normMIT NewsIn the 1980s, scientists’ view of the solar system’s asteroids was essentially static: Asteroids that formed near the sun remained near the sun; those that formed farther out stayed on the outskirts. But…
How Much Should We Really Worry About Asteroids? – Mashable
How Much Should We Really Worry About Asteroids?MashableTracking asteroids and patrolling the skies is a fascinating field — one that blends traditional science with the imagination-capturing realm of space rocks. The tales we heard in a story we published on…
Russia, US mulling over diversion of asteroid hazard – Russia Beyond The Headlines
Russia, US mulling over diversion of asteroid hazardRussia Beyond The HeadlinesRussia and the United States will pool efforts in the creation of asteroid diversion techniques. Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said in a video link with the administrator of…
The Hunt for Killer Asteroids – Mashable
The Hunt for Killer AsteroidsMashable… spacecraft’s gravitational pull to nudge an asteroid off its course. While specifics about asteroid tracking and prevention continue to be fuzzy, the lingering question remains: When it’s our entire civilization at risk, is it better…
Speaker Peter Brown: Impact Hazard from Small Asteroids – University of Central Florida
Speaker Peter Brown: Impact Hazard from Small AsteroidsUniversity of Central FloridaA year ago a small asteroid exploded without warning with the force of 500,000 tons of TNT over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Dr. Peter Brown is one of the leading experts on…
Dust from Comets, Asteroids and Leftover Debris Showers Water and Organics – French Tribune
French Tribune Dust from Comets, Asteroids and Leftover Debris Showers Water and OrganicsFrench TribuneA tremendous discovery has taken place in which researchers found that dust particles from the interplanetary surface might have showered water and organics to earth. The researchers…
NASA Finds Three New, Massive And 'Coal Black' Near-Earth Asteroids10 – Huffington Post UK
NASA Finds Three New, Massive And ‘Coal Black’ Near-Earth Asteroids10Huffington Post UKSo far there is no indication that any of those asteroids will hit the Earth any time soon – but it is a reminder that there are still many,…