24 April 2020
A population of interstellar asteroids has been found hiding between Jupiter and Neptune
...,” explained Namouni, lead author of the study submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. “This enabled asteroids to be pulled from one star system to another.” This newly identified population will give scientists clues about...
17 August 2016
NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission Review Complete
... completed a review of Key Decision Point B (KDP-B), the Asteroid Redirect Mission's robotic segment. As a result of the review,... billion, does not include launch or operations costs. Asteroid Capture Microspine grippers on the end of the robotics ...
June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... of view, due to the possibility of quick equipment depreciation, mining on the Moon is potentially more lucrative than mining an asteroid. Aside from providing a stunning backdrop to the night sky that has wowed humanity for thousands of years...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
...geographical conditions of the location, its urbanisation and man-made infrastructure levels. Seismic field after the asteroid fall in Moscow region. A conjunction of control models and destruction probability curve (destruction/damage) are used. The...
24 November 2021
NASA successfully launches its DART mission
... accurately measured using ground-based telescopes. DART will show that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it – a method of deflection called kinetic impact. The test will provide important data...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... rock. During its time at its target, Hayabusa 2 also made a number of global thermal infrared images of the asteroid from its “home position” 20 kilometres earthwards from Ryugu, to confirm previously predicted measurements of its size, rotation...
