RT (blog) NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroidsRT (blog)NASA’s mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a new “rapid response system” intended to pinpoint the most eligible targets for…
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Rocks around the clock: Asteroids pound tiny star – TG Daily
Nature World News Rocks around the clock: Asteroids pound tiny starTG DailyScientists using CSIRO’s Parkes telescope and another telescope in South Africa have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being pounded by asteroids — large lumps…
It's Raining Asteroids on a Tiny Star – Nature World News
Nature World News It’s Raining Asteroids on a Tiny StarNature World NewsA tiny star, called PSR J0738-4042, is being pounded by asteroids, according to scientists observing the star using the Parkes Telescope operated by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and…
Help em out – Co-Optimus.com
Help em outCo-Optimus.comIndie development studio Indus3 is working on a game that features Asteroids like game play, but updated for the modern era. It features some incredibly slick visuals, co-op game play, and a modern soundtrack while still doing a…
Accidents and asteroids: Addressing the threat – euronews
Examiner.com Accidents and asteroids: Addressing the threateuronewsHow real is the threat of an asteroid hitting Earth, and is there anything we can do to prevent it from happening? Asteroid impacts are nothing new. Only last year, one exploded over the…
Australian study found asteroids hit a tiny star – CCTV
Australian study found asteroids hit a tiny starCCTVScientists using CSIRO’s Parkes telescope and another telescopes in South Africa have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being pounded by asteroids, CSIRO said in a media release on…
Rocks around the clock: asteroids pound tiny star – Phys.Org
Rocks around the clock: asteroids pound tiny starPhys.Org“This sort of dust disk could provide the ‘seeds’ that grow into larger asteroids,” said Mr Paul Brook, a PhD student co-supervised by the University of Oxford and CSIRO who led the study…
Incoming 'Moby Dick' asteroid goes missing near Earth – New Scientist
ExtremeTech Incoming ‘Moby Dick’ asteroid goes missing near EarthNew ScientistA whale of an asteroid has gone missing. The 270-metre space rock known as 2000 EM26 was slated to skim past Earth early on 18 February, coming within 3.4 million kilometres…
Defending the Earth from asteroids with high-powered nuclear explosions – ExtremeTech
ExtremeTech Defending the Earth from asteroids with high-powered nuclear explosionsExtremeTechIn the wake of that event, governments have paid more attention to an inevitable eventual Earth-asteroid collision. While funding for asteroid detection methods has inched up for several years, the question…
A close call in space tonight: Asteroid zips by Earth – CNN
Telegraph.co.uk A close call in space tonight: Asteroid zips by EarthCNN“On a practical level, a previously unknown, undiscovered asteroid seems to hit our planet and cause damage or injury once a century or so, as we witnessed on June 20,…