In 2005 astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to photograph Uranus’s delicate ring system, a southern collar of clouds and a bright, discrete cloud in the northern hemisphere. NASA / ESA / M. Showalter (SETI […]
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Will Asteroid Apophis Hit Earth? Your…
Why did the probability of Apophis impact in 2029 go up before it went down to zero? Soon after its discovery, more observations of Apophis refined the asteroid’s trajectory, and the range of trajectories still […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. Source link
NASA’s Osiris-REX Has Stowed Its Bite Out of Asteroid Bennu - Sky & Telescope
Stowing TAGSAM in the Sample Return Container. NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona / Lockheed Martin Space history was made last week, as NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (Osiris-REX) mission […]
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Stowage
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, Oct. 29, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft and […]
(Very) Small Chance of Apophis Asteroid Impact in 2068 - Sky & Telescope
This artist’s illustration shows a near-Earth asteroid passing by Earth.NASA / JPL-Caltech Near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis may crash into our planet in April 2068 after all. For the first time ever, astronomers have measured how […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu to protect and return as much […]
NASA grabs sample of asteroid Bennu that’s so big some bits are escaping
The spacecraft’s sampling arm, called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, over the target sample site during a dress rehearsal in April. NASA NASA’s asteroid-chaser Osiris-Rex completed a key part of its mission this week by managing to […]
NASA robotic arm overflowing with spoils of asteroid Bennu theft
The spacecraft’s sampling arm, called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, over the target sample site during a dress rehearsal in April. NASA NASA’s asteroid-chaser Osiris-Rex completed a key part of its mission this week by managing to […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission […]
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection
NASA will host a media teleconference at 5:00 p.m. EDT today, Friday, Oct. 23, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft and […]
Smart robotic farmers & NASA lands on asteroid
TUCSON, Ariz. — First, an incredible new robot from Google. As part of their Project Mineral they’ve unveiled robot buggies that roll through farms and inspect individual plants in a field. Farmers are pretty great […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface […]
Update: NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 […]
NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 […]
China all set to launch an asteroid mining robot in November
What might be a significant milestone in space exploration, a China start-up is all set to send a ‘space mining robot’ in November. According to a report by IEEE, Beijing-based private space resources company called […]
Chinese Asteroid Mining Robot Due to Launch in November
Does it seem like science is catching up with science fiction? Sometimes it does. Especially when there’s an announcement like this one. A Chinese company says that they’ll be launching an asteroid-mining robot by November. […]
NASA to Provide Update on Agency’s First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt
NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24, to provide an update on the agency’s first attempt to contact the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. […]
Amateur Astronomer Finds Kilometer-size Asteroid - Sky & Telescope
An artist’s conception of a near-Earth asteroid. NASA We have not yet found all the large, potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as highlighted by the recent discovery of a kilometer-size asteroid. Amateur astronomer Leonardo Amaral was […]
Microscopic Robots, Asteroid Mining, A Flurry Of IPOs – ShareCafe
Here’s your wrap of the latest technology, innovation, and finance news. 🤖 Robotics UPenn researchers are building an army of microscopic robots. One day they could help us explore the world, or the human body, […]
NASA: Asteroid headed toward Earth before November election
An asteroid has a slim chance of entering the Earth’s atmosphere on November 2. That’s one day before the US election. Due to its small size, the asteroid, dubbed “2018VP1,” would burn off while hurtling […]
Robotic telescope finds closest known asteroid to fly by Earth
This simulation image shows how Earth’s gravity bent the path of Asteroid 2020 QG. The green line indicates the object’s apparent motion relative to Earth, and the bright green marks are the object’s location at […]
A car-sized asteroid called 2020 QG nearly hit Earth on Sunday
An asteroid the size of a car flew within about 1,830 miles of Earth this weekend — closer than any known space rock has ever come without crashing into the planet. A NASA-funded program detected […]
Asteroid Ceres: An Ocean World - Sky & Telescope
This diagram shows Ceres in comparison to other suspected ocean worlds in the solar system, including Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moons Europa and Callisto. Top left: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / […]