Numerous asteroids keep zooming past the Earth at blistering speeds and close distances, posing a potential risk to the planet. Nearly 10 asteroids have made close approaches to the planet in the past 2 days.
Although at the moment scientists believe that the asteroid will make a safe passage across our planet, things can change due to a slight deflection in the asteroid's trajectory as a result of interaction with Earth's gravitational field.
Formation of asteroids unveiled by new study
Two years ago, an impact experiment was conducted on the asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which resulted in an unexpectedly large crater. Samples were collected from this mission, which aimed to study the history of the asteroid, and were returned to Earth for laboratory analysis.
Stemming from this mission, Dr Martin Jutzi and Dr Sabina Raducan, both from the Physical Institute of the University of Bern, Department for Space Research and Planetology (WP), used simulations to gain new insights from the experiment regarding the formation of asteroids.
Polis Administration Secures Asteroid Mining Company for Denver Expansion | Colorado Office of ...
Today, the Polis Administration and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that space resources startup Karman+ has selected Denver for relocation from the Netherlands.
"As Colorado's technology and aerospace industries continue to boom, we are thrilled to welcome innovative companies like Karman+ to Denver, one mile closer to space.
Geologist studies asteroids and moondust to decode the history of the solar system | DRGNews
As humans gear up to go back to the moon, scientists are keenly aware that the last human to leave a bootprint on the lunar surface departed 50 years ago, when Apollo 17 began its journey home on December 14, 1972.
"It's amazing, it's surreal, to be standing in a lab at Purdue analyzing moondust collected by another Purdue alum — the last person to walk on the moon," Thompson said.
Best time frame, viewing tips for Geminids meteor shower Dec. 14-15
Unlike most meteor showers that originate from comets, the meteors from the Geminids are most likely asteroid parts. Asteroid 3200 Phaethon circles the sun and sheds bits of rock and dust into space. Every year, around mid-December, Earth flies through the debris field of discarded asteroid parts.
Meteor passes over Northeast Ohio sky
If you were lucky enough to be looking up Thursday night, you might have caught a glimpse of a meteor soaring through the sky over Northeast Ohio.
Jim Sullivan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Cleveland, said there were reports as far north as Michigan and as far south as North Carolina of a fireball in the night sky around 7:30 p.m.
NASA's Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami
When NASA's Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it sent back images of a landscape no one was expecting.
Those first images taken from the ground there showed a surprisingly boulder-strewn surface in the red planet's northern equatorial region, rather than the smooth plains and flood channels expected based on images of the area taken from space.
The 2022 Geminids Meteor Shower Is Approaching – Watch the Skies
The cosmos' annual gift to sky watchers, the Geminids Meteor shower, will peak on Dec. 13-14 this year.
During peak activity and perfect weather conditions, which are rare, the Geminids produce approximately 100-150 meteors per hour for viewing.
Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, suggests sitting in the shade of a house or tree while also maintaining a view of the open sky to alleviate moonlight interference.
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