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NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 138 new asteroids, including Earth-threatening ones

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery of a large number of new asteroids located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. The researchers used old images from the James Webb Space Telescope to identify these asteroids. Their efforts led to the discovery of 138 new asteroids, six of which seem to have been affected by the gravity of nearby …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission

Live Mint

NASA’s old and now-retired NEOWISE, an infrared space telescope that hunts asteroids and comets, gathered an impressive haul of observations throughout its decade in service. The majority of the other dots are stars or galaxies far beyond our solar system Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

China's observatory captures rare images of falling near-Earth asteroid

China Daily

KUNMING -- An observatory in Southwest China's Yunnan province has captured rare images of a falling near-Earth asteroid, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Friday. The Lijiang branch of the CAS Yunnan Observatories detected the near-Earth asteroid 2024 XA1 at 13:55 Beijing time on Dec 3 through its 2.4-meter telescope. "The achievement made this time will provide solid scientific …

China Earth Asteroid Zhang Cas Lijiang

2 weeks, 4 days ago

China's observatory captures rare images of falling near-Earth asteroid

China Daily

KUNMING -- An observatory in Southwest China's Yunnan province has captured rare images of a falling near-Earth asteroid, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Friday. The Lijiang branch of the CAS Yunnan Observatories detected the near-Earth asteroid 2024 XA1 at 13:55 Beijing time on Dec 3 through its 2.4-meter telescope. "The achievement made this time will provide solid scientific …

China Earth Asteroid Zhang Cas Lijiang

1 year, 1 month ago

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

The Hindu

The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. The discovery was made during Wednesday's flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. It's also the Amharic name for Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia in the 1970s, for which the …

Spacecraft Asteroid Nasa Lucy Dinkinesh

1 year, 1 month ago

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. The discovery was made during Wednesday’s flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. It’s also the Amharic name for Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia in the …

Spacecraft Asteroid Nasa Lucy Dinkinesh

1 year, 8 months ago

The celestial police: Meet India’s asteroid hunters

Live Mint

It has been an eventful week for astronomers around the world. After initial training, amateur astronomers and asteroid hunters rely largely on astronomical data sets and images shared by large sky surveys to spot these objects. Divyendu Sen, a biology lecturer at the Government Senior Secondary School at Unhel in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, has been participating in asteroid search campaigns …

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2 years, 2 months ago

First images of asteroid strike from Webb, Hubble telescopes

The Hindu

The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their initial images of a spacecraft deliberately crashing into an asteroid, marking the first time the two most powerful space telescopes have observed the same celestial object. While those images showed matter spraying out over thousands of kilometres, the James Webb and Hubble images "zoom in much closer", said Alan Fitzsimmons, …

Space Impact Earth Asteroid Images James Webb

2 years, 2 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

The Hindu

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed on Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager. …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists ‘surprised’ to find that Sun ages some asteroids much sooner than earlier thought

The Independent

“Surprised” scientists have discovered that the Sun’s heat likely fractures rocks on asteroid Bennu in only 10,000-100,000 years, an advance suggesting space rocks age more rapidly than earlier thought. High-resolution images of rock fractures on asteroid Bennu taken by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft were analysed by researchers, said the study, published recently in the journal Nature Geoscience. Using data from the …

Earth Sun Asteroid Fractures Rocks Surprised Bennu

2 years, 5 months ago

NASA's new secret about asteroids is shocking! Know more

India TV News

Scientists from NASA's OSIRIS-REx have found that the Sun's heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years, revealing that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than on Earth. This information will help scientists estimate how long it takes boulders on asteroids like Bennu to break down into smaller particles, which may either eject into space …

Earth Sun Nasa Fractures Osiris Bennu Delbo

3 years, 4 months ago

Meet the Usain Bolt of asteroids: This object takes just 113 Earth days to move around Sun

India Today

Days after an asteroid zoomed past Earth at 94,000 kilometer per hour, astronomers have discovered the fastest orbiting asteroid in the solar system with an orbital path around the Sun extending just 113 Earth days. 2021 PH27 not only has the smaller orbital path, but also the smallest mean distance of any known asteroid in our Solar System — only …

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3 years, 5 months ago

International Asteroid Day 2021: Know about asteroids and Tunguska event

Hindustan Times

International Asteroid Day takes place on June 30 every year and is a United Nations-recognised campaign to raise awareness of asteroids, their potential threat to our planet and the scientific secrets that can be discovered by studying them. This year's International Asteroid Day marks the 113th anniversary of the largest recorded asteroid impact that took place near the Tunguska River …

Asteroids Asteroid Siberia International Asteroid Day Tunguska Event

4 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat girls discover asteroid set to pass by earth in near future

India TV News

Two girls of class 10 from Gujarat's Surat have discovered a new asteroid. The asteroid named HLV2514 is expected to pass the earth in the near future. Vaidehi Vekariya Sanjaybhai and Radhika Lakhani Prafulbhai, studying in Surat's PP Savani Chaitanya Vidya Sankul, participated in an International science programme called ‘All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2020’, conducted by SPACE India in …

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NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 138 new asteroids, including Earth-threatening ones

5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission

China's observatory captures rare images of falling near-Earth asteroid

China's observatory captures rare images of falling near-Earth asteroid

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

The celestial police: Meet India’s asteroid hunters

First images of asteroid strike from Webb, Hubble telescopes

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

Scientists ‘surprised’ to find that Sun ages some asteroids much sooner than earlier thought

NASA's new secret about asteroids is shocking! Know more

Meet the Usain Bolt of asteroids: This object takes just 113 Earth days to move around Sun

International Asteroid Day 2021: Know about asteroids and Tunguska event

Gujarat girls discover asteroid set to pass by earth in near future