James Webb telescope «urgent» to study asteroid 2024 YR4 — probability of collision with Earth doubled
European Space Agency (ESA) announced about a rare «time-critical» decision that will direct James Webb Space Telescope. At least two missions are planned for the next two months to study the potentially dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4.
NASA finds building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid sample
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who analyzed a sample of the asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth last September made an interesting and important discovery. They found molecules, including amino acids, that are essential ingredients of life as we know it. The sample also contained «evidence of an ancient environment well suited to run…
Astronomers are furious with Elon Musk: «space» Tesla Roadster misidentified as asteroid 2018 CN41
On January 2, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the unique asteroid 2018 CN41, but soon had to remove the object from the official list—for the simple reason that it turned out to be a Tesla Roadster car, launched into orbit back in 2018.
Researchers found bacteria from Earth in samples «alien» asteroid — what does this mean?
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth back in 2020, and since then, teams of scientists around the world have been carefully studying their composition.
Earth has a «second Moon» related to the first, — scientists
As Americans joke, the «second moon» of the Earth did not stay for Thanksgiving, but visited the «family» the day before. Scientists have confirmed the correctness of the unofficial name of the asteroid 2024 PT5.
Space ferry: Ukrainian astronomers propose to travel on asteroids between planets
Ukrainian scientists have come up with an interesting solution to one of the most pressing problems of space exploration: how to safely transport people to Mars research proposes to use natural space travelers — asteroids — as interplanetary vehicles.
It wasn’t a comet: scientists discover the true origin of the dinosaur killer
A new study indicates that the object that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare type of asteroid from the far reaches of the solar system.
Asteroid Bennu broke away from a small ocean planet — scientists analyze samples
On September 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered a capsule with carbon regolith to Earth, collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The samples were obtained after the probe made a seven-year journey through the solar system.
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