Tag: asteroids
More than a thousand new asteroids detected thanks to their tracks on the snapshots of Hubble
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 10, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. 0 These little serpentines in the middle of stars and galaxies are none other than asteroids wandering “in the field”……
There are a lot more asteroids in the Hubble photos than you might think
Thanks to a project involving astronauts and volunteers, NASA has discovered more than 1700 asteroid trails. 1701: this is the number of asteroids photographed by Hubble since June 2019. The…
Starlink risks preventing NASA from monitoring potentially dangerous asteroids
NASA closely monitors asteroids that could pose a risk to Earth (but no risk has been proven to date). SpaceX’s ambitious constellation of Starlink satellites could hamper this much-needed tracking.…
Starlink satellites present on 20% of the photos of observatories devoted to asteroids
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 24, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. 8 The Andromeda galaxy… barred by the passage of a satellite © Caltech Optical Observatories / IPAC A study conducted…
Mission “Dart” (Double Asteroid Redirection Test): NASA lets test probe fly in asteroids
To minimize the threat posed by asteroids, Nasa is starting a new project. On Wednesday, a probe will be launched into space that is expected to crash into an asteroid…