Some Near Earth Asteroids are captured as minimoonsNext Big FutureAccording to the simulation, most asteroids that are captured by Earth’s gravity would not orbit Earth in neat circles. Instead, they would follow complicated, twisting paths. This is because a minimoon…
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Asteroid Hunting Satellite Returns From Dead – Scientific American
Asteroid Hunting Satellite Returns From DeadScientific AmericanSuch as asteroids. Especially asteroids with Earth’s name on them. So WISE has been resurrected as NEOWISE. Its new prefix refers to Near-Earth objects. And the satellite has just filed its first pictures in…
Mars Moon Might Be Asteroid; Phobos May Have Similar Origin to Tagish Lake … – KpopStarz
KpopStarz Mars Moon Might Be Asteroid; Phobos May Have Similar Origin to Tagish Lake …KpopStarzThe scientists compared that to two asteroids that were found on earth, the asteroid 624 Hektor and the Tagish Lake meteorite, which exploded over Canada in…
Study: Profitable Asteroid Mining Likely More Difficult Than Estimates – CBS Local
Study: Profitable Asteroid Mining Likely More Difficult Than EstimatesCBS LocalThe possibility of a trillion-dollar industry in harvesting space rocks from near-Earth asteroids has taken a step back in response to a new study which located only a handful of suitable…
Potato-Shaped Mars Moon Phobos May Be a Captured Asteroid – Yahoo South Africa
Potato-Shaped Mars Moon Phobos May Be a Captured AsteroidYahoo South AfricaBut new models provide stronger suggestions that Phobos, at least, may be a captured asteroid. An international team of astronomers modeled the ultraviolet light reflected from the surface of Phobos…
Senator tours NASA's newest technology against asteroids – WKYC-TV
Senator tours NASA’s newest technology against asteroidsWKYC-TVCLEVELAND — Senator Sherrod Brown joined NASA’s National Administrator, Charles Bolden, on a tour of NASA Glenn Research center. They are observing the newest technology from the agency that would protect earth from asteroids.…
Quark Matter in the Asteroids of our Solar System: Evidence for a Game … – Next Big Future
Quark Matter in the Asteroids of our Solar System: Evidence for a Game …Next Big FutureSmall strange asteroids would be the easiest nugget hosts to detect observationally, and the most accessible source of quark matter once detected. Solar System observations…
Researchers propose new theory to explain seeds of life in asteroids – YottaFire
Researchers propose new theory to explain seeds of life in asteroidsYottaFireA new look at the early solar system introduces an alternative to a long-taught, but largely discredited, theory that seeks to explain how biomolecules were once able to form inside…
Make your mark in space: Nasa invites anyone to have their name etched onto a … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Make your mark in space: Nasa invites anyone to have their name etched onto a …Daily MailNasa scientists believe the high concentration of raw materials found in asteroids – such as ingredients for fuel and precious metals like…
UMD Students Discover Rare Binary Asteroid – In The Capital
UMD Students Discover Rare Binary AsteroidIn The CapitalDon’t underestimate the students over at University of Maryland – they will never fail to surprise you. For even though they aren’t astronomy majors, a class of UMD undergrads managed to discover a…