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After months of hovering around its target, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission has made contact. Two of the host spacecraft’s landers (ROVER-1A and 1B) have touched down on the surface of the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and have already been hopping around as they take photos (like the one above) and gauge the space rock’s temperature. As […]
Enlarge / The Hayabusa2 spacecraft spies its shadow Thursday night as it descends toward Ryugu to deploy two small rovers. (credit: JAXA) Saturday update: More than 24 hours after they were released by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to fly down to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, the Japanese Space Agency has finally provided an update […]
An asteroid listed as “potentially hazardous” by NASA and estimated to be about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza is hurtling toward Earth at 20,000 mph – but don’t cancel your end-of-August plans just yet. The giant space rock, known as 2016 NF23, measures between 230ft and 525ft in diameter and is expected […]
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid, larger than the world’s tallest building, is heading towards Earth at a speed of 76,000 miles per hour. Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will fly past Earth on February 4, coming within 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometers) of our planet, according to NASA. Although this is the equivalent of ten times the […]
José Antonio Peñas/SINC An asteroid that looks a like a human skull, commonly known as the Halloween Asteroid — or 2015 TB145 — could pass close to Earth in early November 2018. It’s most recent visit was on October 31, 2015. This year, it will be much further away — about 105 times the distance […]
The iconic Arecibo radio telescope has faced quite a few challenges over the last ten years, including budget cuts, a funding crisis and damage from Hurricane Maria. While it may not be the largest radio telescope in the world anymore (that honor belongs to Russia’s RATAN-600), Puerto Rico’s device is still an important asset for […]
Published time: 9 Dec, 2017 15:20 A whale-sized asteroid has come frighteningly close to the Earth – within one-third of the distance between the Earth and the moon. What’s more, NASA failed to spot the space rock until it had already passed. The rock is estimated to have a diameter of between six and 32 […]
We’re not saying this interstellar object is a spaceship. But it sure would make for some cool physics. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a14a54943662c30c34a2f8f/master/pass/eso-TAFA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 01:18 Edited time: 18 Nov, 2017 01:19 A team of Russian astronomers has created a detailed visual scenario of what is likely to happen when a fairly large asteroid, called 3200 Phaethon, flies past the Earth in a close shave next month. Take a sneak peek at the dazzling video. […]
Published time: 10 Nov, 2017 12:41 Edited time: 10 Nov, 2017 12:42 The catastrophic asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago may not have been so devastating had it hit almost anywhere else on earth. It means dinosaurs could still rule the earth and humans may never have evolved at all. […]
