Meet Selam: The Stellar New Discovery From NASA’s Lucy Mission
The satellite discovered during the first asteroid encounter of NASA’s Lucy mission has an official name. On November 27, 2023, the International Astronomical Union approved…
The satellite discovered during the first asteroid encounter of NASA’s Lucy mission has an official name. On November 27, 2023, the International Astronomical Union approved…
Free-thinking computers reverse-engineered the fossil record to identify the causes of a cataclysm. To address the long-standing debate about whether a massive asteroid impact or…
NASA’s Lucy Surprise Observation of 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid It turns out there is more to the “marvelous” asteroid Dinkinesh and its newly discovered…
Scientists theorize asteroids could hold superheavy elements, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of atomic structure and the cosmos. For centuries, the quest for new elements was…
Is NASA mining asteroids? No, NASA is not mining asteroids. The technologies for mining asteroids are not well developed. We actually can’t really mine asteroids…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission learned much about the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu and its risk to Earth. Now, the mission will change hands and target a…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has revealed that the asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary system. The flyby tested the spacecraft’s tracking abilities and provided a preview of…
The Lucy operations team has confirmed that NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has phoned home after its encounter with the small main belt asteroid, Dinkinesh. Based on…
Fine dust from pulverized rock generated by the Chicxulub impact likely played a dominant role in global climate cooling and the disruption of photosynthesis following…
Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the November 1 encounter by NASA’s Lucy mission….
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set to fly by the asteroid Dinkinesh on November 1, marking its first asteroid encounter. The flyby will test Lucy’s terminal…
NASA successfully collected 70 grams from asteroid Bennu, surpassing their 60-gram goal. Despite challenges with extraction, more material awaits collection as the team ensures the…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed three dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt, discovering light hydrocarbons and complex molecules. These findings enhance our…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, while not initially intended for stereoscopic imaging, benefited from the expertise of Brian May and Claudia Manzoni, who utilized the mission’s vast…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft recently launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida on a first-of-its-kind mission…
The NASA mission, a project with deep roots at MIT, is setting course for a metallic space rock that could be the remnant of a…
NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample indicates high-carbon content and water, suggesting potential building blocks for life on Earth. This discovery, part of the OSIRIS-REx mission, will…
Southwest Research Institute scientists are studying the asteroid Psyche using infrared telescopes, aiming to understand its composition before NASA’s Psyche mission launches. The asteroid’s potential…