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Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruising through space
SPACE.com· 16 hours agoNASA's mission to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now cruising...
NASA Psyche probe in full cruise mode after six-month checkup
Interesting Engineering· 16 hours agoCurrently, Psyche is over 190 million miles from Earth, traveling at an impressive speed of 23 miles...
How the perils of space have affected asteroid Ryugu
Ars Technica· 5 days agoAn asteroid that has been wandering through space for billions of years is going to have been bombarded by everything from rocks to radiation. Billions...
Asteroid’s Close Approach: Exploring Apophis With Cutting-Edge Mini Satellites
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoIn 2029, asteroid Apophis will closely pass Earth, offering a rare research opportunity for projects like Germany’s NEAlight, which aims to develop defensive strategies against ...
How can we protect satellites in Earth-moon space? This new software could help
SPACE.com· 4 hours agoThe latest in that effort are new algorithms being developed at the University of Central Florida...
Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in...
Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids | Newswise: News for Journalists
Newswise· 6 days agoThis Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158 looks like someone took a...
Finding The Age Of A Contact Binary "Moon"
Universe Today· 2 days agoThere are millions of asteroids floating around the solar system. A recent example of one of these weird configurations was discovered when Lucy, NASA’s mission to the Trojan ...
Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera
Futurism via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated the whole thing turquoise — and one lucky...
Supreme Court's Samuel Alito problem compounded by Donald Trump's immunity case
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSure, it's possible Roberts hears her and, within a week, we have a Supreme Court ruling that allows...