Tag: asteroid
What is an asteroid? – Numerama
Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, also known as minor planets. Not all asteroids are alike, either in size or composition. What exactly is an asteroid?…
In November, the Lucy probe will be able to fly over an asteroid… Bonus!
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 30, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. 3 Fortunately, it will not pass so close. NASA Credits NASA planned a year in hibernation for the Lucy probe,…
An asteroid crashed into Earth, but for once we saw it coming
The European space agency had spotted asteroid 2022 WJ1 hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere and predicted its route. A feat. It is only the 6th time in the history…
Does the “planet killer” asteroid detected in the halo of the Sun really threaten life on Earth?
Mathilde Rochefort November 03, 2022 at 3:15 p.m. 0 © NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers have just discovered the largest potentially dangerous object for Earth in eight years. With a diameter of approximately…
Processors, Twitter and Musk, asteroid, SVOD… La Quotidienne des Nums [02/11/2022]
Find your daily appointment not to be missed on Digital and Twitch. From 11:30 a.m. this Wednesday, Raphael Bentéo invites you to an informal discussion on the major themes of…
A large asteroid discovered in the vicinity of Earth, a potential but very distant threat
The threat comes from the fact that like any asteroid, its trajectory will be slowly modified due to the gravitational forces exerted on it, in particular by the planets. Forecasts…
NASA confirms that the DART impactor has indeed deflected the asteroid Dimorphos!
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist October 12, 2022 at 12:47 p.m. 15 The Didymos/Dimorphos duo observed by Hubble. An impressive cloud of debris follows the two asteroids. © NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble Since the…
Dart probe successfully deflected asteroid from its orbit
DAccording to the US space agency Nasa, the first intentionally caused collision of a spacecraft with an asteroid was a success: The impact of the Dart probe in September reduced…
Collision has changed direction of asteroid
A vending machine crashing into a football stadium: This is how you can imagine the NASA mission “Dart”, which was intended to change the movement of an asteroid for the…
The asteroid struck by DART formed a tail of 10,000 km
Dimorphos, the asteroid hit by the DART mission, has changed. A few days after the impact, a gigantic tail of material formed behind the asteroid. Never before had humanity voluntarily…
NASA: DART probe successfully hits asteroid Dimorphos
Picture: NASA. NASA has completed its first-ever attempt to move an asteroid as part of its planetary defense strategy. The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) probe targeted Dimorphos, a small…
Here are stunning new images of the DART ship crashing into an asteroid
It was an asteroid deflection test, a historic first. NASA sent the DART spacecraft to crash into Dimorphos. What does such a collision look like? New images show us the…