Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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Astronomers Discover an Asteroid With a 1.6 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...
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Hayabusa 2: German-led lander drops to asteroid's surface
New images from Ryugu surface Japan's rovers send pictures from asteroid Japan's rovers ready for touchdown on asteroid The 9.6kg (21lbs) science package has now begun its investigation of the ...
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That super valuable asteroid worth 100 bajillion dollars? JWST images show it’s rusting
This time, they discovered hydroxyl (OH) and potentially water (H2O) on its surface. These molecules may be interacting and ...
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Why Japan is landing hopping robots on an asteroid
It became the first country to land not one, but two rovers onto an asteroid. Already, the unmanned rovers have sent back the first images while on the surface. And no, so far it’s looking like ...
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NASA Has Live Feed Of ‘God of Chaos' Asteroid Which Has The Potential To Hit Earth
Read More: 13 Astonishing Images Taken By Voyager 1 On Its Way ... such as altering the asteroid's surface to affect its ...
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Space Mining Startup Confirms First Private Mission To An Asteroid
perform a flyby of the asteroid target, and take images of the surface. IM-2 is set to go ahead before the end of 2024. AstroForge's target asteroid is an M-type, “M” meaning metallic ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it is potentially a piece of the real moon ... from the lunar surface. “We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the ...
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MASCOT - an asteroid lander
the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) landed on the asteroid and began to work. The lander successfully separated from the Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe at 03:58 CEST. The spacecraft was ...