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Asteroid Larger Than Golden Gate Bridge Approaches Earth. What To Know
A massive asteroid, expected to be larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, will pass close to Earth on June 5. Measuring between 1,017 and 2,264 feet, it is bigger than 97 per cent of asteroids and is among the top 3 per cent by size.
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NASA Concludes NEOWISE Mission After Successful Asteroid Detections
NASA has officially decommissioned the NEOWISE mission, a key component of its planetary defense strategy. Over its more than 10-year lifespan, NEOWISE exceeded its objectives by detecting thousands of asteroids and comets, including many near-Earth objects that could potentially pose a threat to our planet. The infrared data collected by the space...
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Asteroids Hiding in Plain Sight Can Now Be Spotted Using New Algorithm THOR
Researchers working closely with the University of Washington have developed a novel algorithm — known as Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery, or THOR — to find and track asteroids that could possess killer impact for our planet. The algorithm has now proved its usefulness by detecting the first candidate asteroids.
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NASA Urges Private Companies to Gather Moon Rocks for It
NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission.
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Small Asteroid Becomes Closest Ever Seen Passing Earth: NASA
An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.
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466 Million-Year-Old Space Collision Is Still Raining Shrapnel Down On Earth
Roughly 466 million years ago, something huge exploded in space and sent shrapnel raining down on Earth. It was the biggest such cataclysm to happen in our celestial neighborhood in some 3 billion years.
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Asteroid's Shape and Size Determined for First Time
Volunteer astronomers in the US have determined for the first time the shape and size of the double asteroid Patroclus-Menoetius that passed directly in front of a star October 20.
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Asteroid Larger Than Golden Gate Bridge Approaches Earth. What To Know
A massive asteroid, expected to be larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, will pass close to Earth on June 5. Measuring between 1,017 and 2,264 feet, it is bigger than 97 per cent of asteroids and is among the top 3 per cent by size.
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NASA Concludes NEOWISE Mission After Successful Asteroid Detections
NASA has officially decommissioned the NEOWISE mission, a key component of its planetary defense strategy. Over its more than 10-year lifespan, NEOWISE exceeded its objectives by detecting thousands of asteroids and comets, including many near-Earth objects that could potentially pose a threat to our planet. The infrared data collected by the space...
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Asteroids Hiding in Plain Sight Can Now Be Spotted Using New Algorithm THOR
Researchers working closely with the University of Washington have developed a novel algorithm — known as Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery, or THOR — to find and track asteroids that could possess killer impact for our planet. The algorithm has now proved its usefulness by detecting the first candidate asteroids.
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NASA Urges Private Companies to Gather Moon Rocks for It
NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission.
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Small Asteroid Becomes Closest Ever Seen Passing Earth: NASA
An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.
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466 Million-Year-Old Space Collision Is Still Raining Shrapnel Down On Earth
Roughly 466 million years ago, something huge exploded in space and sent shrapnel raining down on Earth. It was the biggest such cataclysm to happen in our celestial neighborhood in some 3 billion years.
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Asteroid's Shape and Size Determined for First Time
Volunteer astronomers in the US have determined for the first time the shape and size of the double asteroid Patroclus-Menoetius that passed directly in front of a star October 20.
