ScienceAlertAsteroids An Asteroid Made a Record Close Pass of Earth on Friday 13, And We Didn't See It Coming verified_publisherScienceAlert - DAVID DICKINSON Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, the 13th), when 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the …
SYFY WIREMoon The biggest crater known was from an asteroid that made the dinosaur killer look like a pebble verified_publisherSYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Billions of years ago, Jupiter's planet-sized moon Ganymede got a helluva whack: Looking over data from probes that have visited the moon, scientists …
Live ScienceOSIRIS-REx NASA's first attempt to sample an asteroid in space made a mess. It's the best mess ever, scientists say. Live Science - Tariq Malik A NASA spacecraft has really made a mess of things on the asteroid Bennu, and scientists are thrilled. The spacecraft, NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe, …
USA TODAYExtinction Asteroids aren't completely random? Mass extinctions of Earth's land animals follow a cycle, study finds verified_publisherUSA TODAY - Doyle RiceMass extinctions of life on Earth appear to follow a regular pattern, a new study suggests. In fact, widespread die-offs of land-dwelling animals – which include amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds...
Asteroids Experts Say Near Earth Asteroid Due To Come Within 300 Miles Of Earth In November Not A Concern Yet cbslocal.com - By Charlie Forbes CBS Detroit – There’s a video on Youtube saying we are about to have another “very-close encounter” with an asteroid. What the Jet Propulsion Lab in …
Asteroids A small asteroid may be on a collision course with Earth slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun November is heating up to be a very interesting month with a heavily contested presidential election and an asteroid that may be on a collision …
PreventionAsteroids A “God of Chaos” Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2068 Prevention - Jennifer Leman At least we have plenty of time to plan. Pack your bags, Bruce Willis. A new report suggests an asteroid named after the Egyptian God of Chaos, …
Meteorites Mysterious meteorites came from an asteroid with a liquid metal core verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving Most meteorites that fall to Earth belong to one of two broad groups – there are rocky ones, and there are metallic ones that were once molten iron. …
Business InsiderAsteroids A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Dave MosherA car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday. That's a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalog...
NPRAsteroids A NASA Probe Is So Full of Asteroid Material That It Now Has A Problem verified_publisherNPR - Nell GreenfieldboyceA NASA spacecraft sent out to collect a sample of rock and dust from an asteroid has nabbed so much that it's created an unexpected problem. Rocks are jammed in the device in a way that's keeping a Mylar...
CNETAsteroids A small asteroid came closer to Earth than even SpaceX Starlink satellites verified_publisherCNET - Eric Mack It's the closest astronomers have ever seen a space rock soar by without smacking into our planet.
ScienceAlertOSIRIS-REx Watch Live: A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Land on an Asteroid And Grab a Sample verified_publisherScienceAlert - ELIZABETH CANTWELL Imagine parallel parking a 15-passenger van into just two to three parking spaces surrounded by two-story boulders. On October 20, a University of …
Asteroids Tiny Asteroid May Hit Our Earth a Day Before US Elections in November and We're So Done With 2020 news18.com - News18 In yet another 2020 surprise, NASA data has predicted that a small asteroid heading towards the Earth has a 0.41 percent chance of hitting the planet …
CNNAsteroids A newly discovered asteroid will pass close to Earth on Thursday verified_publisherCNN - By(CNN) — In a year that seemingly keeps on giving, perhaps it's not so surprising that NASA's newly discovered asteroid called 2020 SW will give earth a not so socially distant pass. Discovered only on...
Asteroids NASA Is Warning A Huge Asteroid Approaching Earth On July 24th! iheart.com - @hudsonhott_ NASA has warned us that a huge asteroid is approaching Earth on July 24th. There is also information that two asteroids are expected to move past our …
MashableOSIRIS-REx Watch a NASA spacecraft touch down on asteroid Bennu verified_publisherMashable - Mark KaufmanTouchdown. Earlier in October, NASA successfully collected rocky samples from asteroid Bennu, a relatively small, well-preserved space rock some 200 million miles from Earth. On Friday, NASA released of...
CBS NewsOSIRIS-REx NASA spacecraft stirs up a rocky blizzard on asteroid Bennu as it attempt to collect samples verified_publisherCBS News Pictures from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show a sample collector pressed into the surface of the asteroid Bennu Tuesday stirred up a rocky blizzard …
Asteroids The Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to drop a chunk of asteroid in the Australian outback theconversation.com - Trevor Ireland Before most people wake up this Sunday morning, a small space capsule will be dropped off to Earth, landing in Woomera, South Australia. The capsule …
PeopleAsteroids NASA Says an Asteroid Is Projected to Head Towards Earth a Day Before Nov. 3 Election verified_publisherPeople - Eric TodiscoThere could be the possibility of an asteroid zooming toward Earth in addition to the variety of major events this year, including the coronavirus pandemic. NASA data indicates that an asteroid is projected...
Asteroids A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived space.com - Chelsea Gohd A newly discovered car-sized asteroid just made the closest-known flyby to Earth without hitting our planet. On Sunday (Aug. 16), the asteroid, …
Asteroids NASA is tracking a huge ‘Near-Earth’ asteroid - what you need to know portsmouth.co.uk - Helen Johnson The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently tracking a large asteroid, which is headed towards Earth's orbit at a speed …
Asteroids NASA Has Taken A Closer Look At Giant Asteroid Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 ladbible.com - Amelia Ward A rare asteroid that is made mostly of metal has been investigated, and it is estimated to be worth about $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 …
AvatarDigital TrendsOSIRIS-REx NASA is almost ready to touch down on asteroid Bennu and grab a sample verified_publisherDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been investigating asteroid Bennu since it arrived there in 2018, sharing pictures of the distant body. But the …
My Modern MetOSIRIS-REx NASA Successfully Landed a Spacecraft on an Asteroid for the First Time in History verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Jessica StewartThere's something historic to celebrate at NASA. For the first time in the agency's long history, a NASA spacecraft touched down on an asteroid. On October 20, OSIRIS-REx briefly landed on the Bennu asteroid,...
