Scientists literally brought out the big gun to study the origins of water0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 26, 2018
High impact research.
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SURPRISE ASTEROID FLYBY0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2018
With little warning, a relatively large asteroid flew through the Earth-Moon system on April 15th only 192,200 km (0.5 LD) from our planet.
About 17,000 Big Near-Earth Asteroids Remain Undetected: How NASA Could Spot Them0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
Humanity needs to step up its asteroid-hunting game.
Two asteroid missions will help shape the economy of the 21st century0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2018
Later in 2018, two robotic probes, launched by NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will each reach separate asteroids.
NASA Can Use Paint To Save Earth From Asteroid Impact0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 26, 2018
Asteroid Bennu, a space rock the size of the Empire State Building, is expected to fly by close to Earth in 2135.
Now Russia wants to nuke threatening asteroids, too0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to use nuclear weapons to divert an incoming asteroid, and now Russian researchers are singing a very similar tune.
‘Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
New research finds that ‘Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.
Nasa’s plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
If the asteroid Bennu collided with Earth, it would have an impact 80,000 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Russian physicists make toy asteroids and blast them with a laser0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 15, 2018
A large team of Russian researchers from Rosatom, joined by three MIPT physicists, has modeled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an Earth-threatening asteroid.
‘HAMMER’ Time? Spacecraft Could Nuke Dangerous Asteroid to Defend Earth0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2018
The next time a hazardous asteroid lines Earth up in its crosshairs, we may be ready for the threat.
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