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JWST Finds Dynamic Structural Evolution in Chariklo’s Rings

When we think of asteroids, we often think of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that contains the majority of the known asteroids in our solar system. However, our so...

Two large asteroids found spinning as fast as a fairground ride

Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong

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How diffractive solar sails could stop a killer asteroid at 100 km/s

Asteroids don't come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don't know of any currently on course to do so, we are finding thousands of new ones each year...

‘Kinmen’ approved as name for 1km asteroid

Bennu asteroid samples point to a surprising origin involving Jupiter

The asteroid Bennu orbits the sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 kilometers. NASA took advantage of this to collect materi...

Asteroid hit the moon and flung rocks 120 kilometres from the crater

Researchers have watched a huge crater form on the lunar surface, and its widespread effects could help inform future exploration of the moon and other similar places

One Asteroid Strike May Have Reshaped an Entire Martian Moon

One asteroid impact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An international team led by the University of Bern has found eviden...

Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disru...

“Weird Al” Hopes New Asteroid Named in His Honor Doesn’t Bring on the Alpocalypse

The space rock's official name is now (14331) Alyankovic. “Weird Al” Hopes New Asteroid Named in His Honor Doesn’t Bring on the Alpocalypse Ben Kaye

Asteroid Bennu Has an Identity Crisis, and Jupiter Might Be to Blame

Asteroid sample return missions have brought well preserved samples of the early solar system (that hadn’t been roasted in a fireball) back to Earth for the first time. But those s...

Halley’s Comet Barraging Earth With Debris

Heads up! The post Halley’s Comet Barraging Earth With Debris appeared first on Futurism.

Cyberattack Takes Down Organization That’s Literally Just Trying to Track Meteors

Leave the astronomers alone. 

Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade

Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.

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These are no ordinary spheres. They’re aliens...

ESA's Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November

In just one more month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second versus Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the bin...

The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Was Stranger Than We Thought

Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and new research suggests it was no ordinary rock. The Chi...

Vera Rubin Observatory spots the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet

The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing approaches to measuring spin based on telescope observations ca...

ESA And JAXA's Planetary Defense Mission Powers On For The First Time

There’s a once-in-a-millennia astronomical opportunity coming up in about three years, and space agencies are rushing to make sure they’re ready for it. On Friday April 13th, 2029,...

How Diffractive Solar Sails Could Stop a Killer Asteroid at 100 km/s

Asteroids don’t come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don’t know of any currently on course to do so, we are finding thousands of new ones each year...

Webb provides crash course on planet-shattering collisions

In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, vaporizing massive amounts of rock and blasting i...

У истоков планетарной защиты

Бездна космоса, холодный отблеск солнечных панелей, режущий глаз. Голубой огонёк Земли, не больше Юпитера на земном небе, затерялся в лучах слепящего Солнца где‑то за кормой, а впе...