Gone are the days when we believed asteroids to be just large rocks hanging out in space. As space exploration has progressed, we have come to note that they are much more complex than that.
A great example of this is the asteroid Didymos, which according to a new study published on Monday, is literally spitting rocks into outer space due to the excessive speeds at which it is spinning.
NASA asteroid sample return mission to land on U.S. postage stamp | Space
The United States Postal Service (USPS) dropped news of a surprise space stamp on Tuesday (March 14), revealing it plans to mark the upcoming plunge of a capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid.
The "OSIRIS-REx Return To Earth" postage stamp (opens in new tab) , to be issued later this year on a date still to be announced, honors NASA's first mission to bring back asteroid samples for study.
'Strange lights' above the Bay, possibly a dazzling meteor shower or asteroid
VALLEJO, Calif. - A most peculiar sight lit up the sky Friday evening. Video shared with KTVU shows a parade of "strange lights" slowly streaking across the sky.
One video, shared with us from above Vallejo , clearly shows the phenomenon. It was posted to Twitter. The caption says it was spotted at around 9:30 p.m. The narrator from the video, posted by @Tnez111, simply says "dude" in astonishment. Not much more could be said.
UT scientist, author to speak in Oak Ridge on asteroid discoveries
Exploring asteroids using an asteroid-orbiting NASA spacecraft will be the topic of a March 20 community lecture in Oak Ridge by a retired distinguished professor from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Harry "Hap" McSween, chancellor's professor emeritus in the UTK Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will present the first Richard D. "Dick" Smyser Community Lecture of 2023. It is co-sponsored by ORION and the Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
House-sized asteroid discovered this week will fly past Earth on Friday
An asteroid the size of a house just discovered Monday is projected to pass our planet on Friday. (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
The near-Earth object, called 2023 EY , has been posted on NASA’s asteroid database and listed as one of the next five asteroid approaches. Scientists estimate it is about 54 feet wide.
Ein Asteroid entpuppt sich als Steinschleuder. https://t.co/09EmSfKHNw spektrum (from Heidelberg) Sat Mar 18 11:26:33 +0000 2023
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