Astronomers have captured images of a small space object — only a few meters wide — in a chaotic orbit around the Earth.
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The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has provisionally named the object "2020 CD3," as scientists quickly try to figure out what it is. For now, it's considered a "temporary captured object," the term for a small space object drawn into Earth's gravitational field.
If it's a "mini-moon," it was an asteroid that has been captured by Earth's gravitational pull. If not, there's a much less exciting option: It could be a piece of man-made space junk.
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NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 28 February 2020 - More Human Research Activities - SpaceRef
The Expedition 62 mission patch floats inside the seven-window cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world." The orbiting complex was flying 265 miles above Russia near the Caspian Sea at the time this photograph was taken. Credit: NASA. (Feb. 21, 2020)
The Expedition 62 crew wrapped up the work week with more bone studies and human research activities.
Meanwhile, a U.S. cargo craft is one week away from launching to resupply the International Space Station.
Nasa OSIRIS-Rex sees black hole as it orbits apocalypse asteroid Bennu | Metro News
A Nasa probe orbiting the so-called ' apocalypse asteroid ' Bennu has spotted a huge black hole 'flaring' way out in deep space.
The space rock got its nickname because there's a very, very small chance of it hitting Earth during the next century.
A spacecraft called OSIRIS-Rex is currently orbiting the object. It will attempt to collect a sample of the rock and return it to Earth.
But as it was speeding around the asteroid, Nasa's probe glimpsed a black hole in the process of emitting a mighty 'outburst'.
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Remember when Happy Gilmore said he "wasn't the golfing type," then proceeded to crush one over 400 yards to send the movers back to work? People thought it could never be duplicated.
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But along came Los Angeles Angels star and three-time MVP Mike Trout. The seven-time All Star has mastered hitting fastballs and wants a different challenge, like hitting an even smaller white ball. So he took to a local TopGolf on Sunday night to test the waters.
GISAT-1India's first earth imaging satellite on geostationary orbit - The Hindu
GISAT-1 or Geo Imaging Satellite-1 is India's first earth imaging satellite in a geostationary orbit.
A satellite in geostationary orbit (about 36,000 km above earth) has an orbital period equal to earth's rotational period.
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will launch GISAT-1 on March 5th from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This will be the fourteenth flight of the GSLV.
SpaceX delivers more Starlink satellites to orbit, booster misses drone ship landing –
Monday’s mission began with a burst of flame from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster, followed by the release of hold-down clamps to allow the 1.2-million-pound Falcon 9 to climb into a partly cloudy sky over Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 10:05:55 a.m. EST (1505:55 GMT) powered by thrust from nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines.
The Falcon 9 quickly cleared lightning towers at pad 40 and steered toward the northeast, sending a window-shaking roar across the Florida spaceport.
Asteroid the size of Mount Everest set to fly by Earth next month - but is not expected to hit us
An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us.
The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is 1 to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour.
The asteroid was first discovered by NASA in 1998, and is said to be 'large enough to cause global effects' if it were to hit Earth.
The flyby is expected for Wednesday, April 29 at 4:56 AM ET, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies that tracks Near-Earth Objects (NEAT) that could collide with Earth.
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