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…
'Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid' Discovered By Group Of Undergrads – Headlines & Global News
Headlines & Global News ‘Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid‘ Discovered By Group Of UndergradsHeadlines & Global NewsThe class observed the asteroid through a telescope in Spain that they were able to access over the internet. Their assignment was to document intensities…
Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They … – iScienceTimes.com
iScienceTimes.com Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They …iScienceTimes.comThe binary asteroid, which has gone unnoticed by “real” astronomers until now, joins the ranks of fewer than 100 eclipsing binary asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter in…