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…
Undergrad class finds pair of twinned, eclipsing asteroids – Geek
Geek Undergrad class finds pair of twinned, eclipsing asteroidsGeekYou might not think something like an asteroid has the capacity to be overly interesting. They’re too small to maintain an atmosphere, they’re often made up of only a few simple materials,…
There may only be 10 near-Earth asteroids worth mining – Geek
Geek There may only be 10 near-Earth asteroids worth miningGeekPlanetary Resources made waves last year when it announced plans to mine asteroids, but a new analysis by scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge might put a damper…
Jonathan Haidt: It helps if you can see the other side's asteroids – Tallahassee.com
Jonathan Haidt: It helps if you can see the other side’s asteroidsTallahassee.comThe asteroids are coming! OK, I don’t mean literal asteroids made of rock and metal. I mean big problems that polarize us and therefore paralyze us. If you’re on…
Nasa spacecraft spots 'potentially hazardous' new asteroid – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Nasa spacecraft spots ‘potentially hazardous’ new asteroidTelegraph.co.ukThe new asteroid is the first discovery by the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) since the spacecraft came out of hibernation last year. The rock, named 2013 YP139, is approximately 27…
US undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discovery – UPI.com
UPI.com US undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discoveryUPI.comThe students in an undergraduate astronomy class confirmed that a previously unstudied asteroid, dubbed 3905 Doppler, is in fact two asteroids gravitationally tied to each other, the university reported Tuesday. Fewer than 100…