Did you know that most asteroids are irregularly shaped, though a few are nearly spherical, and they are often pitted or cratered? As these asteroids revolve around the Sun in their elliptical orbits, they also rotate, sometimes quite erratically, tumbling as they go, according to NASA.
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which keeps an eye on dangerous Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), has red-flagged an asteroid named Asteroid 2022 UK5 due to its extremely close approach to the planet.
Evolutionary Aqueous and Thermal Alteration Pathway of Asteroid Ryugu | Planetary News
The thermal model assumed an initial temperature of 70 K based on an estimated radius of 50 kilometers for the original planetesimal, with the temperature then increasing to ≤ 323 K due to the decay of radioactive 26 Al in the interior.
The Smallest Radar Ever Sent to Space Will Probe the Interior of Dimorphos After its Impact From ...
It's starting to seem that way. While schoolbus-sized flagship missions still zoom around our solar system from Mars to Jupiter, they are more and more frequently accompanied by tiny tag-along CubeSats with specialized capabilities.
Juventas is one of three ESA probes that will fly to Dimorphos together. A second CubeSat, Milani, is designed to study the composition of the asteroid's surface and dust. Meanwhile, a larger probe, named Hera , will complete the trio with a more comprehensive suite of instruments.
California man believes meteor may have destroyed his home
A Northern California home burst into flames and burned to the ground after a meteor — which witnesses saw flash across the sky — apparently fell from space and slammed into the structure, according to reports.
Dustin Procita, a rancher in Nevada County, wasn’t sure what had hit his home Friday until after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Meteor showers rain clues about the solar system
Hundreds of years after meteor showers were first observed, these cosmic spectacles are still delivering scientific clues to researchers on Earth.
Why it matters: Meteors bring information about their parent asteroids and comets, which carry evidence of the solar system's history and help scientists to study the origins of Earth and other planets.
Union students present at annual NY6 research conference | Union College
A group of Union students presented a range of research at the 10th New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium Undergraduate Research Conference on Saturday, Nov. 5 .
Hosted by Colgate University, the conference featured 120 oral and poster student presentations from member schools. In addition to Union and Colgate, others in the consortium are Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, St. Lawrence University and Skidmore College.
Early morning lights amaze many in southeastern North Carolina
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Many residents in southeastern North Carolina were greeted to a light show during the early hours of Monday morning.
From speculations of an asteroid to aliens, many in the local community were not sure what they were looking at.
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