Tag: asteroid

November 25, 2024 at 9:47 am

NASA Successfully Completed Communications Test With Distant Spacecraft That Achieves Data Transmission Rates 100 Times Faster Than Previously Possible

Source: NASA/JPL

That is a remarkably fast connection!

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November 20, 2024 at 9:46 am

New Study Of Samples From Bennu Asteroid Indicate That It Came From A Distant Watery Planet

Source: Lauretta & Connolly et al, 2024, Meteoritics & Planetary Science

It is incredible what we can learn from relatively small samples from an asteroid. 

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October 18, 2024 at 8:23 am

Rust Detected On Asteroid Is Made Of Highly Valuable Metals, And A NASA Spacecraft Is On The Way To Investigate Further

Source: NASA

Maybe that spacecraft can bring back a few billion dollars worth of the metal for us?

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August 29, 2024 at 3:28 pm

New Study Reveals The Details Of China’s Plans To Test Planetary Defense Spacecraft To Deflect Asteroids That Pose A Threat To Earth

Source: Universe Today

It is good that more countries are looking for ways to protect the Earth.

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July 20, 2024 at 12:33 pm

There Are Lots Of Asteroids Hurtling Through Space, But There Is One That Has NASA A Little Concerned

Source: Shutterstock

That should allow you to sleep a little better at night.

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April 22, 2024 at 12:25 pm

NASA May Have Accidentally Nudged An Asteroid Toward Mars

Source: YouTube

Although Earth is safe from any impact, Mars might not be so lucky.

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April 10, 2024 at 12:41 pm

Here’s How A Single Asteroid Hit Mars And Left Two Billion Craters In Its Wake

Here's How A Single Asteroid Hit Mars And Left Two Billion Craters In Its Wake

This is one of many fascinating discoveries surrounding meteorite impacts on Mars’ surface.

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March 8, 2024 at 12:39 pm

Newly Discovered Asteroid Might Contain The Rarest Precious Metal Ever Found And Unknown Natural Elements

Newly Discovered Asteroid Might Contain The Rarest Precious Metal Ever Found And Unknown Natural Elements

An exciting and possibly scary development…

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January 7, 2023 at 12:21 pm

What Would Evolution Look Like If Dinosaurs Hadn’t Gone Extinct?

What Would Evolution Look Like If Dinosaurs Hadn’t Gone Extinct?

A fascinating look at what could have been…

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December 15, 2022 at 12:41 am

You Can Still See The Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight (Dec 15th)

You Can Still See The Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight (Dec 15th)

There’s still time to catch something brilliant in the night sky!

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