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NASA’s Sci-Fi Thrusters: Psyche’s Electric Blue Journey to the Asteroid Belt
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoNASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on course to explore an asteroid by 2029, using innovative solar-powered...
Astronomers develop new observation technique to mitigate asteroid risks
China Daily· 4 hours agoA collaborative research team from China and Ukraine has been monitoring near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) through regular observations to attain accurate positioning and precise ...
Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruising through space
SPACE.com· 3 days agoNASA's mission to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche has fired up its ion engines and is now cruising...
If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back? The Conversation’s...
The Conversation· 9 hours agoPaleontologist Bill Ausich explains whether dinosaurs could ever roam the Earth again. Listen on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
Finding The Age Of A Contact Binary "Moon"
Universe Today· 4 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 ...
A comet approaching Earth could become brighter than the stars this fall
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBy the end of this summer, we may have a good idea as to whether we'll have a bright naked-eye comet...
Watch a meteor's incredible light show above Spain and Portugal
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThese space objects feature dark green crystals made of a magnesium-iron silicate known as olivine....
May observatory open house on asteroid sample analysis
Estes Park Trail Gazette· 5 days 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 ...
New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie Casts Rupert Friend
Deadline via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRupert Friend (Asteroid City) is heading to Jurassic World, Deadline can confirm. In the latest installment of the dinosaur franchise from Universal...
A Flattened, Bloody Raccoon on a Highway Isn’t Just a Bummer. It’s a Dire Warning.
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOne 2020 study found that mammals are four times likelier to die on roads these days than they were...