Don’t let the name of the telescope worry you—the comet will pass by Earth, not impact it—but that’s only if the comet manages to survive a near pass of the Sun on January 13. Comets are conglomerations of dust and ice that emit ethereal tails as they near the Sun, whose...
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) certainly fits the bill. Discovered independently by astronomers atPurple Mountain Observatory in Chinaand theAsteroid Terrestrical-impact Last Alert System, ATLAS, the comet is currently between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, a billion kilometers from Earth. ...
For the purpose of testing the MOPS we have developed a preliminary model of many populations of objects in our Solar System and beyond including nearly 11 million small bodies: • Near Earth Object...Milani A. et al. 2006 Unbiased orbit determination for the next generation aster- oid/...
or comet assay (CA). DNA strand breaks (SB) were detected by the standard alkaline comet assay, while the modified version of the assay was performed by using the enzyme formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg, kind gift from NorGenoTec AS, Norway) to specifically detect oxidized base lesions...
Since Comet Lovejoy is the first sungrazer in over-40 years to be discovered en route to the sun with an Earth-based telescope, one might wonder if it will evolve into a memorable spectacle. Unfortunately, while Lovejoy is probably many times larger than the vast majority of the Kreutz Sun...
NASA confessed that they did not see the space rock coming when it did a near-miss that took within 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) to Earth on Sunday. Dr. Paul Chodas from NASA said that the asteroid approached undetected from the Sun's direction in which they failed ...
Among those who are bullish on AGI in the near term, or some similar form of human-level AI, are Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Don’t Look Up … but AGI instead of comet — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)April 1, 2023 AGI’s become a hot topic in the wake of the laun...
Wolf Moon: Full Moon in January 2025 The new Moon marks the beginning of a lunar cycle. This means that there’s a new Moon about once a month because the Moon takes about a month (29.5 days) to orbit Earth. In fact, the word “moon” shares its origins with the Latin wordmetri,...
“Lava Flow” homes are sprouting up near Hawai’i’s Volcanoes National Park. So who would live so close to an active volcano? Conor Knighton continues his yearlong exploration of America’s National Parks. PLAYLIST:Watch more from “On The Trail” ...
If there were a revival of the “Apollo spirit” and a renewed urge to build on its legacy, a permanently manned lunar base would be a credible next step. It could be built entirely by robots — bringing supplies from Earth and mining some from the Moon. An especially propitious site is...