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A rare risk of asteroid fastballs turns scientists into sluggers
Salon.com· 2 days agoAs Andy Rivkin, one of the team leaders, was getting ready to appear in NASA’s live broadcast of the...
New view shows the largest impact crater on Mars surface
Houston Chronicle· 2 hours agoThe basin is roughly 2,050 miles wide, or twice the size of Earth's Sahara Desert. The region is known to exhibit ice-related features on and below the surface, including ...
A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
SPACE.com· 1 day agoA massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The...
Asteroids Could Fuel the Clean-Energy Transition
The Atlantic· 6 days agoAlthough the mission, backed by a company called AstroForge, ran into problems, it’s part of a new wave of activity by would-be asteroid miners hoping to cash in on cosmic ...
The Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoToday, planetary scientists can study not only rocks that have fallen from the sky — they have begun...
NASA's 'Meteor Guy' explains the meteor showers coming in 2024
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat is a meteor shower? Meteors are rock and ice debris ejected from comets and asteroids in orbit...
The best CGI movies of the 90s
Creative Bloq via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDream Quest Images got an Oscar nomination for its effects, including the villain of the piece: the asteroid, which was created using a model covered in...
32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFrom planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien...
Getting to know Southwest Research Institute
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoWhen we think of space and Texas, our thoughts jump to Houston and the Johnson Space Center, home of NASA’s Mission Control Center, and where the amazing...
Here's a Stacked List of June 2024 Holidays and Observances
Woman's Day via AOL· 7 days agoJune holidays and observances in 2024 include Father's Day, Juneteenth, Flag Day, and Eid al-Adha....