Etiket: Asteroid
Only once every ten years: large asteroid skims visibly past Earth on Saturday. And you can see him
If you have binoculars or a telescope at home, these will come in handy this coming weekend. A large asteroid will brush past Earth on Saturday and you can see…
What we learned from DART’s collision with an asteroid? – New Scientist
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a spacecraft that impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022. The huge plume of debris that this created tripled the impact of that blow.
NASA tracks asteroid that could ruin Valentine’s Day in 2046
The European Space Agency discovered a large asteroid that could potentially collide with our Earth. Still, we shouldn’t worry too much, because the chance that it will actually hit Earth…
Asteroid the size of a van flew past us last night at ‘only’ a few thousand kilometers
Last night, asteroid 2023 BU brushed past Earth, about 3,600 kilometers away. That’s 10 times closer than the many communications satellites orbiting our planet. The space rock, about the size…
NASA continues mission to Psyche, the asteroid that can make any Earthling wealthy | Science
The US space agency NASA is going to resume the Psyche mission. In theory, this mission could make any Earthling wealthy because the destination is an asteroid containing a lot…
Discovered a ‘planet-eating’ asteroid hidden by the brightness of the Sun
An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a huge asteroid whose orbit intersects with that of the Earth, creating a small chance of a catastrophic collision in…
Nasa intentionally steers probe into asteroid
From BZ/dpa For the first time, a probe from the US space agency Nasa intentionally crashed into an asteroid during a defense test in space. The unmanned probe of the…
this has been the collision with the asteroid this morning
For the impact to be effective, DART traveled at 6.4 kilometers per second, an “incredibly fast” speed and necessary for the shock to alter “a little” the trajectory of Dimorphos…
NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid to deflect it
09/27/2022 at 02:06 EST The operation is a test of the Earth’s defense system in case of a possible space object in the direction of the planet A NASA spacecraft…
Bam! Space probe DART hits asteroid
For hours there was only a single pixel in view, but during its final minutes, the spacecraft DART got its sights on its target: the asteroid Dimorphos. In the final…