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NASA shared timeline for when $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 asteroid will be brought to Earth
UNILAD· 2 hours agoNASA has shared the timeline for when the $10,000 quadrillion asteroid will be brought down to our...
Large asteroid to pass closer to Earth than many satellites in 2029
Cosmos· 2 days agoIn 2029 the asteroid once considered the most probable to strike the Earth will fly uncomfortably...
This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids
SPACE.com· 3 days agoA three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat the challenges of exploring low-gravity...
Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSpaceHopper is designed to harness an asteroid's microgravity to leap across its surface. Before...
New spacecraft 'jumps around' on asteroids
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRecently, researchers tested the hopping robot in a simulated zero-gravity environment during a European Space Agency parabolic flight, according to a...
If We Want to Visit More Asteroids, We Need to Let the Spacecraft Think for Themselves
Universe Today· 1 week agoThe paper primarily focuses on the control problem of what to do when a spacecraft is approaching a...
Once-in-a-lifetime "devil comet" to be brightest this weekend
Newsweek· 49 minutes agoOfficially known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, horn-shaped explosions of ice and gas were spotted on its...
NASA's DART Mission Accidentally Redirected Space Rocks at Mars
ExtremeTech· 1 week agoNASA chalked up a major accomplishment with DART—the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. In 2022, the DART spacecraft successfully plunged into a space rock dubbed Dimorphos ...
Why NASA is launching rockets into the solar eclipse path
ABC57· 2 weeks agoDuring the total solar eclipse on April 8, when the moon will temporarily obscure the sun’s face...
The Winchcombe Meteorite Had A Wet And Wild Journey To Earth
IFLScience· 1 day agoThe Winchcombe meteorite has been analyzed in a level of detail previously reserved for space...