Headlines & Global News ‘Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid‘ Discovered By Group Of UndergradsHeadlines & Global NewsThe class observed the asteroid through a telescope in Spain that they were able to access over the internet. Their assignment was to document intensities…
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Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They … – iScienceTimes.com
iScienceTimes.com Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They …iScienceTimes.comThe binary asteroid, which has gone unnoticed by “real” astronomers until now, joins the ranks of fewer than 100 eclipsing binary asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter in…
Going Going Gone: ICANN Auction Rules Cause a Stir – CircleID
Going Going Gone: ICANN Auction Rules Cause a StirCircleIDThe applicant community is working its will on the rules for generic top-level domain (gTLD) auctions published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). But, as always, ICANN is…
Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroid – Phys.Org
Space News Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroidPhys.OrgThe six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid seen by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) since the spacecraft…
Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New AsteroidJet Propulsion LaboratoryNEOWISE’s New Find The six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid seen by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared…
Wayward asteroids are in Ray's sights – Western Advocate
Wayward asteroids are in Ray’s sightsWestern AdvocateMr Pickard said this kind of asteroid research is mostly carried out in the northern hemisphere, but Australia is ideally situated for it. The amateur astronomer came to the notice of the space agency…
Wayward asteroids are in Ray's sights – Western Advocate
Wayward asteroids are in Ray’s sightsWestern AdvocateMr Pickard said this kind of asteroid research is mostly carried out in the northern hemisphere, but Australia is ideally situated for it. The amateur astronomer came to the notice of the space agency…
Rare, Eclipsing Binary Asteroids Discovered by Undergraduate Astronomy Class – Nature World News
Nature World News Rare, Eclipsing Binary Asteroids Discovered by Undergraduate Astronomy ClassNature World NewsA team of undergraduate students taking an astronomy lab course unwittingly made a valuable scientific observation when they chose to study the asteroid 3905 Doppler, discovering that…
NASA Slowly Amassing List of Potential Targets for Asteroid Retrieval Mission – Space News
Space News NASA Slowly Amassing List of Potential Targets for Asteroid Retrieval MissionSpace NewsWASHINGTON — NASA has identified about a dozen potential targets for its proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission, but will make no decision until at least 2017 about which…
Undergraduates discover rare eclipsing double asteroid – Phys.Org
Space Fellowship Undergraduates discover rare eclipsing double asteroidPhys.OrgFewer than 100 asteroids of this type have been identified in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, said Melissa Hayes-Gehrke, who teaches the hands-on class for non-astronomy majors in which eight…