Keck 2 will be observing YU55 using adaptive optics and NIRC2 in an attempt to get high resolution imagery of the asteroid. It is quite convenient that this interesting asteroid is passing close to Earth, it will be in easy reach of our best astronomical instrumentation. I suspect I will ...
A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitableA pair of planetary scientists simulated how our solar system might have evolved if it had a super-Earth orbiting where the asteroid belt is today. The results are enough to make you grateful that we only have eight planets....
The comet was at itsperihelion—the closest point to the sun in its orbit—on September 27, and it’s now passing between Earth and the sun. While it’s currently visible in the early mornings, it will soon be visible in the evenings, perSpaceweather....
a team of scientists discovered that the large main-belt asteroid (87) Sylvia has a complex interior, thanks to the presence of two moons orbiting the main asteroid, and probably linked to the way the multiple system was formed. The findings are being revealed today, October...
I felt compelled to write about this experience today. I feel that Mother Earth has protected me several times. But this one experience stands out from the rest as being more obvious. I wasn’t even “awake” back then – but I knew that somehow I was protected from danger. ...
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Riker and the crew try to find a way to save both the ship and the human race when the Borg use the captain as part of their plan to assimilate Earth. Oct 18 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part One When the Borg abduct Picard in an attempt to conquer humanity, Riker must assume ...
My first effort to interpret what I’m seeing is possibly a meteor or asteroid grazing the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. In seeing this, and interpreting it this way, I am looking to see if it lands on earth, but I am seeing it NOT land on Earth, but possibly rather ...
The major force of impact was mostly absorbed by Mars, and two large peices of debris from the Asteroid had enough velosity left over to achieve stable orbit. The sudden force of the impact blew the atmosphere away from the planet like a soap bubble when it pops. The surface and remaining...