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An asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit
Will the 'mini-moon' be visible in Tennessee? What to know about asteroid 2024 PT5's time near Earth
Earth's moon soon won't be the only orbiting body in the sky. 'Mini-moon' asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon be here.
An asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as a temporary 'mini-moon'
A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity.
What's All This About Earth Getting a Temporary Second Moon?
PT5 has already been near Earth since July. During the event, the asteroid's geocentric energy will become negative and remain that way for 56.6 days. In Dunn's simulation, the orbit is shown as the red line,
Nuclear explosion, asteroid
Nukes Could Save Earth From an Asteroid, Just Not the Way You Imagine
Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer asteroid.
Could nukes deflect an asteroid? ‘X-ray scissors’ offer scientists clues.
“For a one-nanometer fall, we can ignore Earth’s gravity for 20 millionths of a second as Z produces a burst of X-rays that sweeps over the mock-asteroid surface 12.5 millimeters across, about the width of a finger,” said Moore.
X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid
Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.
CNET
1h
The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid: Scientists Now Believe They Know Its Origin Story
And now scientists have figured out where this dinosaur-killing rock likely came from. According to research headed by Mario ...
Scientific American
19h
Scientist Nuke an Asteroid in a Lab Mock-Up
A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...
9h
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Planetary defense research mission readies for asteroid visit
The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...
SpaceNews
3h
China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025
China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...
Live Science on MSN
1d
NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth
New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely ...
22h
Gizmodo Science Fair: A Clever Fix Rescued NASA’s Stuck Asteroid Samples
When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.
11h
Asteroid alert: NASA warns of three massive space rocks on a collision course with Earth today
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking three asteroids scheduled to pass Earth on 25 025.
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Earth is about to get a 2nd moon, for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...
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