Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely. According to NASA, the odds of a collision are just 2.3%. But that nearly ...
Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest presence of salty water in outer solar system
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
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The Pale Blue Dot At 35: The Making Of An Iconic Photo
Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with modern tools but following the original approach, even receiving inputs from ...
Firefly spacecraft provides striking view of Earth on top of Earth
Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...
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Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...
An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...
Back to the Moon: A space lawyer and planetary scientist on what it will take to share the benefits of new lunar exploration – podcast
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit and National Geographic astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi compare stunning star trail photographs
Pettit made a name for himself as an astrophotographer after sharing his image 'Lightning Bugs' in 2012 showing beautiful star trails ...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time - Scientists say ...
A Direct Hit? New Study Redefines the Moon’s Largest Crater
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...