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Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruising through space
SPACE.com· 1 hour agoNASA's mission to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now cruising...
Finding The Age Of A Contact Binary "Moon"
Universe Today· 1 day 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 ...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 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...
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...
Doctor Who Teases Its Strangest Villain Yet
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoStreet Fighter gets its first logo. Plus, Doctor Who hypes its strangest villain yet. To me, my spoilers! Jurassic World 4 THR reports Rupert Friend (...
New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie Casts Rupert Friend
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRupert Friend (Asteroid City) is heading to Jurassic World, Deadline can confirm. In the latest installment of the dinosaur franchise from Universal...
Comet Fragment Explodes in Dark Skies Over Spain and Portugal
New York Times· 4 days agoA brilliant flash of blue, green and white on Saturday night came from a shard of an as yet unidentified comet that was moving around 100,000 miles per hour, experts said. On Saturday, revelers ...
Asteroid’s Close Approach: Exploring Apophis With Cutting-Edge Mini Satellites
SciTechDaily· 5 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 ...
NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters - NASA
NASA· 1 day agoThe spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate...
Hubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt Asteroids | Newswise: News for Journalists
Newswise· 5 days agoThis Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158 looks like someone took a...