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Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoStereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's...
Astronomers determine Mars may face more potentially hazardous asteroids than Earth
Phys.org· 2 days agoA team of astronomers at Nanjing University has found evidence that Mars likely has more potentially hazardous asteroids in its path than Earth. In their study, posted on ...
May observatory open house on asteroid sample analysis
Estes Park Trail Gazette· 1 day agoNASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission: Early Results from Asteroid Sample Analysis is the subject of this month’s Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) meeting. EVAS in conjunction ...
A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
SPACE.com· 6 days agoA massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The...
Mars in a Flash: How Pulsed Plasma Rockets Are Revolutionizing Space Travel
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoHowe Industries’ PPR could transform space exploration with its high thrust and specific impulse,...
New Webb telescope photo truly boggles the mind
Mashable· 6 hours agoThe powerful James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a new deep field view of the universe, which is a look into some of the farthest reaches of...
Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
SPACE.com· 7 days agoA family of primitive asteroids is providing astronomers with a window into the past as they seek to...
Mars craters pop in new images from ExoMars
EarthSky· 3 days agoThe terrain of Mars has pockmarks and ripples from a variety of forces: asteroid collisions, volcanoes, wind erosion, and the movement of water and ice....
Scientists Are Very Worried About NASA’s Mars Plan
The Atlantic· 23 hours agoFor three years, a robot from Earth has been collecting samples of rock and soil into six-inch-long tubes, whirring and crackling on the otherwise quiet planet. The robot, a rover named Perseverance ...
Watch a meteor's incredible light show above Spain and Portugal
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThese space objects feature dark green crystals made of a magnesium-iron silicate known as olivine....