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 …
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 …
A team of scientists at MIT have developed a computer program that will help humans decide how to best deal with the end of the world, so long as that comes in form of a catastrophic asteroid collision. A team of scientists from MIT have developed a new computer program to help simulate all the possible approaches to dealing with …
Scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency will meet in Rome, Italy, next week to discuss progress on the development of an asteroid deflection system. Scroll down for video Scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency will meet in Rome, Italy, next week to discuss progress on the development of an asteroid deflection system Experts from around the …
