asteroids

The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock

By David Aragorn
NASA on Bennu asteroid touchdown: Everything we know about TAG 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 25, 2020
NASA held an online conference to talk about TAG, an upcoming event under the OSIRIS-REx mission.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid 2020 SW Flew Safely Past Earth Today 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2020
A small near-Earth asteroid designated 2020 SW made its closest approach to Earth today at 7:12 a.m. EDT (4:12 a.m. PDT) at a distance of about 22,000 km (13,000 miles).

By David Aragorn
Study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2020
A new study published this month in JGR Planets posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called meteoroids onto its surface as the object nears the Sun. The study’s primary author is Southwest Research Institute scientist Dr. William Bottke, who used data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

By David Aragorn
Here’s The Real Truth About That ‘Election Day’ Asteroid on Its Way to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2020
If you’ve looked at the news today, you’d be forgiven for thinking a huge asteroid is on track to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US Presidential election.

By David Aragorn
Osiris-Rex mission on course for asteroid sample collection 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 22, 2020
Nasa spacecraft makes final preparations to gather material from Bennu’s surface in October

By David Aragorn
Asteroid flyby: How Earth’s gravity changed record-breaking space rock’s path forever 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 20, 2020
Take that, asteroid 2020 QG!

By David Aragorn
Asteroid the size of a car has near-miss with Earth!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 19, 2020
Earth has had a near miss with a car-sized asteroid that wasn’t spotted by Nasa.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2020
An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth’s greatest ice ages, a new study finds.

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: Nasa asteroid mission passes key milestone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 13, 2020
Design review stage passed for craft intended to visit iron-and-nickel mini-world in 2026

By David Aragorn