FOWLER: Health care fumbles, new pope, exploding asteroids, oh my!Seguin Gazette-EnterpriseWhile scientists were determining that Mars could have supported life and keeping an eye on a huge well-tracked asteroid passing within 17,200 miles of Earth, another asteroid snuck in the…
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Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISE – The Planetary Society
Amy Mainzer Is Hunting Asteroids With NEOWISEThe Planetary SocietyTake a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer asteroids and comets. Put it to sleep for 2.5 years, then…
Play Frogger, Asteroids free from your browser – CNET
Digital Trends Play Frogger, Asteroids free from your browserCNETPlay Frogger, Asteroids free from your browser. Who needs Call of Duty when you could be playing Montezuma’s Revenge featuring Panama Joe? The Console Living Room from the Internet Archive is making…
5 Asteroids That Nearly Hit Earth – The Epoch Times
5 Asteroids That Nearly Hit EarthThe Epoch TimesAbout every 10,000 years, asteroids larger than 300 feet could hit the Earth, causing tidal waves and local disasters. Every several hundred thousand years, asteroids about a half-mile wide could cause great global…
Science Corner:Solar system leftovers; comets and asteroids – Dalles Chronicle
Science Corner:Solar system leftovers; comets and asteroidsDalles ChronicleWhile disappointing for viewers on Earth, scientists monitoring the comet’s course and eventual destruction obtained abundant information for future study. For my part, I decided to finally learn the difference between comets, asteroids…
Vaporizing asteroids topic of luncheon talk – Santa Maria Times
Vaporizing asteroids topic of luncheon talkSanta Maria TimesUCSB physics professor Philip Lubin will talk about “Directed Energy Planetary Defense, or Vaporizing Asteroids That Threaten the Earth,” at the January luncheon meeting of the Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara.…
NASA's asteroid hunter spacecraft reactivated – Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
SpaceCoastDaily.com NASA’s asteroid hunter spacecraft reactivatedAerospace Manufacturing and DesignNASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set of test images in preparation…
Asteroid Minerva finds its magical weapons in the sky – The Planetary Society (blog)
Asteroid Minerva finds its magical weapons in the skyThe Planetary Society (blog)The International Astronomical Union has chosen the names Aegis and Gorgoneion for the two moons of the asteroid (93) Minerva. My team discovered the small moons in 2009 using…
Santa Claus is Coming to the Solar System – Slate Magazine (blog)
Santa Claus is Coming to the Solar SystemSlate Magazine (blog)Actually, 1288 Santa (1933 QM), the asteroid’s official name. The picture was posted yesterday by my friend Amy Mainzer, who is the Principal Investigator of NEOWISE — that’s the name of…
Asteroid-Hunting Satellite Returns from Dead – Scientific American
TG Daily Asteroid-Hunting Satellite Returns from DeadScientific AmericanBut even without coolant, WISE’s infrared eyes are perfect for spotting dim rocks that radiate heat, not light—such as asteroids. Especially asteroids with Earth’s name on them. So WISE has been resurrected as…