2023-10-07 13:00:00 The spacecraft’s kinetic impact with Dimorphos successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. Joana Campos Meteored Portugal 07/10/2023 15:00 5 min A group of researchers measured the orbital period of the asteroid Dimorphos about a month after impact and found that it had increased to 34 minutes, a minute longer than the first measurements. Although … Read more
2023-09-29 10:21:04 This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Osiris-Rex says goodbye to Bennu The mission of Osiris-Rex (Nasa) was to collect rock samples from the surface of… The Osiris-Rex capsule returned to Earth this Sunday, carrying samples from the surface of Bennu. It is currently in safekeeping at the Osiris-RexOsiris-Rex Mission Preservation Laboratory at … Read more
2023-09-07 03:00:00 Artist’s concept of asteroid 16 Psyche. Credit: Maxar/ASU/P.Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech Zeus Valtierra Meteored Mexico 07/09/2023 05:00 8 min Psyche was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid after Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was born mortal and married Eros (the Roman Cupid), the … Read more
2023-08-21 16:47:15 HUELVA, Spain – The detectors of the SMART project, of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) in Spain, from the astronomical observatories of Huelva, Seville, Sierra Nevada and La Sagra (Granada), Calar Alto (Almería) and La Hita (Toledo) have recorded the passage of a fireball over Morocco at 37,000 mph. According to … Read more
2023-08-06 08:26:58 At the rate of our greenhouse gas emissions, our climate is changing. Temperatures are rising. And in the hope of bringing them back down a bit, scientists are exploring all avenues. Including some that may seem a bit crazy. This astronomer hopes to be able to plant a giant parasol on an asteroid … Read more
2023-08-02 12:14:04 Our Earth is heating up. And scientists are deploying treasures of imagination to find solutions that would help us fight against this global warming. The latest is crazy: planting a parasol on an asteroid! You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Global warming: our planet in unknown territory In the preliminary version — … Read more
2023-05-09 13:16:12 You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The 42 largest asteroids in the Main Belt scanned by the VLT The VLT’s Sphere instrument observed the largest Main Belt asteroids between… Fomalhaut — understand “the mouth of poissonpoisson » — is the brightest star in a small constellationconstellation visible from Earth, the Southern Fish. A … Read more
New coverage presented by Al-Youm Al-Saba TV, about 5 asteroids that are likely to hit Earth in the coming centuries, prompting space agencies around the world to closely monitor them to identify risks and avoid them in a timely manner. NASA says more than 100 tons of rocky particles hit Earth every day, but asteroids … Read more