Independent Online Probe’s close shave with asteroid flybyIndependent OnlineParis – China’s first flyby of an asteroid shows that a gigantic space rock which once triggered a doomsday scare is essentially rubble, scientists reported on Thursday. On December 13 2012, a…
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Surprise Picture for WISE's Fourth Anniversary – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Surprise Picture for WISE’s Fourth AnniversaryJet Propulsion LaboratoryIn an unexpected juxtaposition of cosmic objects that are actually quite far from each other, a newly released image from NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) shows a dying star,…
Watch this with your kids: Asteroid Fact versus Fiction – The Planetary Society (blog)
Watch this with your kids: Asteroid Fact versus FictionThe Planetary Society (blog)I visited the OSIRIS-REx headquarters at the University of Arizona a little while ago and saw the studio where they are starting to put together some really neat educational…
Think you have shot at $400 million Mega Millions pot? Then beware asteroids – CNN International
CNN International Think you have shot at $400 million Mega Millions pot? Then beware asteroidsCNN International(CNN) — It used to be a long shot, but now … is there a word for insanely more unlikely than a long shot? The…
NASA Wants to Crowdsource Asteroid Locations – FedTech Magazine
NASA Wants to Crowdsource Asteroid LocationsFedTech MagazineThere are so many asteroids flying through space that NASA needs help keeping track of them, particularly the ones near Earth. Asteroids, often confused with meteors and meteorites, are large enough to orbit Earth,…
Chinese flyby of asteroid shows space rock is "rubble" – Phys.Org
Chinese flyby of asteroid shows space rock is “rubble”Phys.Org“Outbound images of Toutatis acquired on 13 December, 2012 during Chang’e-2 flyby, indicative of the spacecraft being away from the asteroid (from a to e). The imaging distance (D), epoch of flyby…
Organic compounds on Europa? Astronomers say asteroids may have deposited … – Science Recorder
Science Recorder Organic compounds on Europa? Astronomers say asteroids may have deposited …Science RecorderA new analysis of data from NASA’s Galileo mission has revealed clay-type minerals at the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa that appear to have been delivered…
Asteroids may have shot life to Mars – scientists – New Zealand Herald
BBC News Asteroids may have shot life to Mars – scientistsNew Zealand HeraldAsteroids may have shot life to Mars or distant moons, scientists say. Photo / Getty Images. Asteroids like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth could…
Asteroid which wiped out dinosaurs 'could have sent life to Mars' – The Independent
The Independent Asteroid which wiped out dinosaurs ‘could have sent life to Mars’The IndependentThen, an asteroid the size of a small city sent tremors around the world, throwing up a cloud of smoke and ash which scientists blame for wiping…
Asteroid 2013 XY8 Tumbled By Earth Today – Slate Magazine (blog)
Asteroid 2013 XY8 Tumbled By Earth TodaySlate Magazine (blog)At 11:17 UTC (6:17 a.m. EST) today, the asteroid 2013 XY8 passed the Earth at a distance of just 760,000 kilometers (470,000 miles), less than twice the distance to the Moon. It…