NEOShield project working to provide information about asteroid which is on a collision course with Earth. And 10th years celebrations of Opportunity on Mars.

NEOShield project working to provide information about asteroid which is on a collision course with Earth. And 10th years celebrations of Opportunity on Mars.
The surface of our Moon & impact craters on Earth testify to the fact that celestial collisions are very rare but not impossible.
Imagine holding a rock as old as our solar system that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach its present location.
News round up! Looks like we can have planet around black hole, comet Borisov getting close and discussion with Dylan O’Donnell. #365DaysOfAstro
Things used to be so simple. Comets were snowballs from the outer Solar System, and asteroids were rocks from the inner Solar System. But now everything’s all shades of grey. Astronomers have found asteroids that behave like comets and comets that behave like asteroids.