by admin | Mar 9, 2025 | asteroid, Earth, Nasa, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2032 — specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a high of 3.1 per cent on Feb. 18. The number has since dropped to near... by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | asteroid, Earth, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on... by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | apophis, asteroid, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), will rendezvous... by admin | Oct 14, 2024 | asteroid, DART, HERA, Nasa, News, Other Tech News, space, The Conversation
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will travel several hundred million kilometres to reach the double asteroid Didymos in autumn 2026. This is the follow-up of the intentional impact... by admin | Nov 6, 2023 | asteroid, Mining, Nasa, News, Space News, The Conversation
The cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is only rising, and companies are constantly searching for new places... by admin | Oct 14, 2023 | asteroid, Nasa, News, Psyche, space, Space News, The Conversation
It’s unlikely to be a bad omen, but NASA’s mission Psyche is currently due to launch on Friday 13 October. Lifting off at 10.19 EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, it faces a perilous journey and isn’t scheduled for arrival at its namesake asteroid, 16 Pscyhe, until...