BBC News Few space rocks are suitable for mining, study claimsBBC NewsA new study might contain some bad news for companies hoping to mine asteroids for their valuable ores. In the last couple of years, start-ups – including one backed…
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NASA Spots Dangerous Asteroid Heading for Earth – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty Voice NASA Spots Dangerous Asteroid Heading for EarthGuardian Liberty VoiceNASA has spotted a potentially dangerous asteroid heading toward the direction of Earth. NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) recently found the new asteroid named, 2013 YP139,…
Space News: Rare eclipsing double asteroid discovered – Lake County News
Space News: Rare eclipsing double asteroid discoveredLake County NewsStudents in a University of Maryland undergraduate astronomy class have made a rare discovery that wowed professional astronomers: a previously unstudied asteroid is actually a pair of asteroids that orbit and regularly…
We have 18 months to find new governance for a single Internet, says ICANN … – SiliconANGLE (blog)
We have 18 months to find new governance for a single Internet, says ICANN …SiliconANGLE (blog)Fadi Chehade, as the President and CEO of ICANN, is frankly one of the more important people in the Internet world. His organization is responsible…
NASA NEOWISE Telescope Finds Potentially Hazardous Asteroid – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty Voice NASA NEOWISE Telescope Finds Potentially Hazardous AsteroidGuardian Liberty VoiceA new asteroid has been tracked down by the NEOWISE telescope operated by NASA that poses a potential hazard to the Earth. Named 2013 YP139, the asteroid is 43…
Pharmacy Group Lies To Registrars: If We Complain About A Site, It Must Be … – Techdirt
Pharmacy Group Lies To Registrars: If We Complain About A Site, It Must Be …TechdirtThe NABP also tries the same direct misreading of ICANN’s rules that Public Domain Registry used, to pretend that “fraud” is a reason to deny transfer,…
NASA warns of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid – RT
RT NASA warns of ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroidRTThis artist’s concept shows the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In September of 2013, engineers will attempt to bring the mission out of hibernation to hunt for…
NASA Finds New Asteroid Headed in Our Direction – TIME
RT NASA Finds New Asteroid Headed in Our DirectionTIMEThe asteroid, named “2013 YP139″, is very dark, 0.4 miles across, and could come almost as close to the Earth as our moon, based on current projections. The rock has earned NASA’s…
Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid – SpaceDaily – Space Daily
Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid – SpaceDailySpace DailyNEOWISE will continue to detect asteroids and comets. The observations will be automatically sent to the clearinghouse for solar system bodies, the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., for…
Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroid – Astronomy Magazine
Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroidAstronomy MagazineThe 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 came…