ScienceAlertflipped into ScienceAlertHere's The Real Truth About That 'Election Day' Asteroid on Its Way to Earthverified_publisherScienceAlert - Jacinta BowlerIf you've looked at the news today, you'd be forgiven for thinking a huge asteroid is on track to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US …
Esquireflipped into NEWS & POLITICSAbout the Asteroid That Will Destroy Earth Right Before Election Day...verified_publisherEsquire - Jennifer LemanSpoiler: You'll still be able to vote on November 3. Over the weekend, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once again dredged up the news of an asteroid called 2018 VP1, which is scheduled to zip past Earth on November 2. Yes, that's just one day before Americans will cast their vote for the next …
AvatarLorenzoflipped into What's Up With The USA?Watch Live: A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Land on an Asteroid And Grab a Sampleverified_publisherScienceAlert - ELIZABETH CANTWELLImagine parallel parking a 15-passenger van into just two to three parking spaces surrounded by two-story boulders. On October 20, a University of …
Slashgearflipped into HealthFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNASA Scientists Outline Interesting Facts About Asteroid Bennuslashgear.com - Shane McGlaunNASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx is currently gearing up to begin its sample return mission. Recently, scientists on the mission presented new findings on …
cjcombflipped into LoreThe Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to drop a chunk of asteroid in the Australian outbacktheconversation.com - Trevor IrelandBefore most people wake up this Sunday morning, a small space capsule will be dropped off to Earth, landing in Woomera, South Australia. The capsule …
The Independentflipped into Life & StyleAsteroid will fly by Earth closer than our satellites, Nasa saysindependent.co.uk - Andrew GriffinAn asteroid the size of a bus is set to fly past Earth in the coming hours. The object, known as 2020 SW, will fly just 13,000 miles above the Earth’s …
Robert Sflipped into Space ExplorationNASA’s robot is about to land on asteroid Bennu to unlock the secrets of lifeverified_publisherTNW - The Cosmic CompanionA meeting between OSIRIS-REx and Bennu will mark the first NASA mission to collect material from the surface of an asteroid. This mission is also a labor of love for researchers around the globe who invested years of their lives into the historic mission. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, …
WIREDflipped into ScienceNASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is About to Touch an AsteroidWIRED - Daniel OberhausAfter years of studying Bennu, the spacecraft will make its first attempt at a sample collection on Tuesday. For nearly two years, a small spacecraft …
Forbesflipped into Innovation3 Science Risks To Worry About Now Rather Than That AsteroidForbes - Marshall ShepherdAn asteroid tumbling to Earth near the U.S. presidential election sounds like something straight out of a Hollywood movie. The hoopla over the asteroid is starting to ramp up and is a bit overblown. While the risk is certainly not zero, space expert Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted, “Asteroid 2018VP1, a …
MIT Technology Reviewflipped into MIT Technology ReviewJapan is about to bring back samples of an asteroid 180 million miles awayMIT Technology Review - Neel V. PatelSample return missions are becoming increasingly in vogue, as evidenced by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and China’s current Chang’e 5 drilling operation …
Forbesflipped into InnovationAsteroid 2011 ES4 Is The Size Of An Office Building And About To Buzz By EarthForbes - Eric MackIt’s about the same size as the bolide from space that exploded in the atmosphere over Russia in 2013, blowing out thousands of windows on the ground below. But fortunately, NASA and other astronomers say the roughly 30-meter wide asteroid 2011 ES4 does not pose a threat to Earth as it is set to …
Women's Healthflipped into LifeAbout the Asteroid That Will Destroy Earth Right Before Election Day...Women's Health - Jennifer LemanSpoiler: You'll still be able to vote on November 3. An asteroid called 2018 VP1 is scheduled to zip past Earth on November 2, just one day before Americans will cast their vote for the next President of the United States. The asteroid's timing brings new meaning to the phrase "Rock the Vote." But if …
Travis Sky Ingersollflipped into To Boldly Go...Returning asteroid sample can help crack secrets about how the solar system formedverified_publisherTNW - The ConversationWhat is your idea of an asteroid? Many people think of them as potato-shaped, inert, and perhaps rather dull, pock-marked objects – far away in deep space. But over the last ten years, two Japanese space missions – Hayabusa and now Hayabusa 2 – have dispatched that view to the history books. …
Forbesflipped into InnovationThe Facts About The ‘Election Day’ Asteroid [Infographic]Forbes - Kevin AndertonAt this point, most of us have heard about an asteroid that is going to hit Earth on November 2nd right before the election. With everything else that has happened this year, this feels like “just another bad thing” and many people are of the opinion that an asteroid striking the Earth and causing …
Smartlifeflipped into Science & TechNASA's about to scoop up some asteroid dirt on the space rock Bennu. Scientists are thrilled.space.com - Meghan BartelsFor scientists, every asteroid is important. NASA will touch a space rock tomorrow (Oct. 20) in a milestone event for what the agency considers a …
Popular Mechanicsflipped into Space and SpaceflightNASA Is About to Study Some Awfully Old Asteroidsverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Jennifer LemanThe Trojans are time capsules from when the solar system formed. In October 2021, NASA plans to launch a rocket to study a unique group of Asteroids near Jupiter. The Lucy mission—named for that famous human ancestor skeleton discovered by Donald Johanson—will explore the origins of life's building …