A short story about the discovery of 2017 UX5 and the possibility of alternative means of rocket propulsion for NASA
Jul 29th: Fission Rocket & Enormous Visitor
Tag: asteroid
Jul 22nd: 200 Plus Tiny Space Rocks
The discovery of 211 Earth approaching objects and small space rock that passed less than the Earth’s diameter from the surface of our planet.
Jul 15th: Alien Rock? & Extraterrestrial Whales
Oumuamua, the interstellar space rocks and the possibility of intelligent civilizations exist on interior water ocean worlds.
Jul 8th: Plant Companionship & Earth’s Pet Rock
Life in a space station and Earth’s pet space rock.
Jul 1st: Kiwi Nights & 2 Close Ones
A brief of a unique place to experience New Zealand’s natural night sky at the Aotea Great Barrier Island International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
Jun 30th: Machines Learn How to Dodge Asteroids
In a recent study, a computer ran a “machine learning” software program called the Deflector Selector. It was fed millions of simulations of asteroids careening towards Earth. Each one resulted in either the asteroid hitting or missing the Earth.
Jun 24th: Double Comet & Jess’s Find
Asteroid 2006 VW139 that look like a comet a new member group of sneaky asteroids called Atens.
Jun 23rd: Asteroids’ Distant Cousin Discovered
2004 EW95, an asteroid distant cousins with carbon trace
Jun 18th: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining
There are several companies working on missions and techniques to harvest minerals from asteroids. What other resources are out there that we can use?
Jun 10th: Moons of Florence & Roving Venus
NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex to bounce RADAR beams off of the asteroid Florence & exploring the concept a fully mechanical rover for Venus